Evolutionary BiologybioRxiv
Genetic variation in parental effects contribute to the evolutionary potential of prey responses to predation risk
N. Tigreros, A. A. Agrawal, J. S. Thaler
The paper shows parental effects contribute to the evolutionary potential of larval antipredator responses in leaf beetles through additive genetic variation in maternal provisioning and paternal size.
DOI 10.1086/712341