Zajitschek, F, Zajitschek, S and Manier, M (2017) High-protein paternal diet confers an advantage to sons in sperm competition. Biology Letters, 13 (2). ISSN 1744-957X

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Abstract

Parental environment can widely influence offspring phenotype, but paternal effects in the absence of parental care remain poorly understood. We asked if protein content in the larval diet of fathers affected paternity success and gene expression in their sons. We found that males reared on high-protein diet had sons that fared better during sperm competition, suggesting that postcopulatory sexual selection is subject to transgenerational paternal effects. Moreover, immune response genes were downregulated in sons of low-protein fathers, while genes involved in metabolic and reproductive processes were upregulated.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	06 Biological Sciences
Subjects:	Q Science > QH Natural history > QH301 Biology Q Science > QH Natural history > QH426 Genetics
Divisions:	Biological & Environmental Sciences (from Sep 19)
Publisher:	Royal Society, The
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Date Deposited:	18 Mar 2020 11:27
Last Modified:	04 Sep 2021 07:39
DOI or ID number:	10.1098/rsbl.2016.0914
URI:	https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/12534

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