Maternal provisioning of an obligate symbiont in a sponge
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.10012
Abstract: Abstract The transmission of microbes from mother to offspring is an ancient, advantageous, and widespread feature of metazoan life history. Despite this, little is known about the quantitative strategies taken to maintain symbioses across generations.… read more here.
Keywords: maternal provisioning; obligate; maternal microbes; obligate symbiont ... See more keywords
Maternal provisioning is structured by species’ competitive neighborhoods
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DOI: 10.1111/oik.05530
Abstract: Differential maternal provisioning of offspring in response to environmental conditions has been argued as ‘the missing link’ in plant life histories. Although empirical evidence suggests that maternal provisioning responses to abiotic conditions are common, there… read more here.
Keywords: seed; seed mass; frequency; competition ... See more keywords