1. Ecological harshness has a weak influence on reproductive trade-offs in a great tit population
   2026/02/19 by Louis Bliard, Jordan S. Martin, Dylan Z. Childs +4 · 2 voices
   Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · Immunology and Microbiology · #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Avian clutch size #Avian ecology and behavior #Bird parasitology and diseases #Genetic Fitness #Harshness #Life history theory #Offspring #Phenotypic plasticity #Population #Reproductive success #Variation (astronomy)
2. Why psychopathology research should avoid studying one mental disorder at a time: An intergenerational and developmental evidence base for understanding “p”.
   2025/10/27 by Avshalom Caspi, Renate Houts, Anne Sofie Tegner Anker +6 · 1 voice · 1 citation
   Psychology · #Attribution #Child psychopathology #Classification of mental disorders #Developmental psychopathology #Identity, Memory, and Therapy #Mental Health Research Topics #Mental health #Offspring #Psychological intervention #Psychopathology #Resilience and Mental Health #Surprise
3. Paternal SARS-CoV-2 infection impacts sperm small noncoding RNAs and increases anxiety in offspring in a sex-dependent manner
   2025/10/11 by Elizabeth A. Kleeman, Carolina Gubert, Sonali N. Reisinger +20 · 1 voice · 3 citations
   Immunology and Microbiology · Medicine · #COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction #Long non-coding RNA #Microinjection #Offspring #Phenotype #RNA #Reproductive Biology and Fertility #Reproductive System and Pregnancy #Sperm #Transcriptome #Zygote
4. Distinctive increase in offspring size in sea otters: evolutionary changes in and beyond the trade-off against offspring number
   2025/10/11 by Tomohiro Harano, Nobuyuki Kutsukake · 2 voices
   Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · #Adaptation (eye) #Allometry #Bat Biology and Ecology Studies #Evolutionary ecology #Fish Ecology and Management Studies #Litter #Marine animal studies overview #Maternal effect #Offspring #Reproduction #Selection (genetic algorithm)
5. Experimental evidence for maternal offloading of mercury pollution via reproduction
   2025/09/15 by Matteo Beccardi, Justine Bertram, Sandra Bouwhuis +3 · 3 voices · 3 citations
   Environmental Science · #Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity #MERCURE #Mercury (programming language) #Mercury impact and mitigation studies #Offspring #Pollutant #Pollution #Quail #Reproduction #Reproductive success
6. Maternal Acetaminophen Use and Offspring's Neurodevelopmental Outcome: A Nationwide Birth Cohort Study
   2025/09/02 by Yusuke Okubo, Itaru Hayakawa, Ryo Sugitate +1 · 1 voice · 7 citations
   Medicine · Psychology · #Acetaminophen #Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder #Autism #Autism spectrum disorder #Cohort #Cohort study #Confidence interval #Developmental psychology #Hazard ratio #Internal medicine #Inverse probability weighting #Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum #Medicine #Neurodevelopmental disorder #Offspring #Pediatrics #Pregnancy #Pregnancy and Medication Impact #Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects #Propensity score matching #Psychiatry #Psychology #Sibling
7. Breast milk IgG engages the mouse neonatal immune system to instruct responses to gut antigens
   2025/08/14 by Meera K. Shenoy, Diane M. Rico, Alina K. Lorant +6 · 1 voice · 6 citations
   Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Nursing · #Acquired immune system #Antibody #Antigen #Biology #Breast milk #Diabetes and associated disorders #Effector #Endocrinology #Genetics #Gut flora #Gut microbiota and health #Immune system #Immunity #Immunoglobulin A #Immunoglobulin G #Immunology #Infant Nutrition and Health #Offspring #Pregnancy #Weaning
8. Parental income and psychiatric disorders from age 10 to 40: a genetically informative population study
   2025/08/04 by Hans Fredrik Sunde, Espen Moen Eilertsen, Jonas Minet Kinge +5 · 1 voice · 2 citations
   Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Environmental Science · Medicine · Psychology · #Biology #Cognitive Abilities and Testing #Demography #Genetic Associations and Epidemiology #Genetics #Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging #Medicine #Norwegian #Offspring #Population #Pregnancy #Psychiatry #Psychology #Quartile #Socioeconomic status
9. Maternal Western diet increases inflammatory markers and decreases barrier function of offspring in Papio anubis
   2025/07/10 by Grant H Gershner, Alena Golubkova, Cody Dalton +9 · 1 voice · 1 citation
   Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Medicine · #Banana Cultivation and Research #Biology #Cell biology #Endocrinology #Function (biology) #Genetics #Immunology #Medicine #Mosquito-borne diseases and control #Offspring #Papio anubis #Pregnancy #melanin and skin pigmentation
10. Food availability affects parental anti‐predator behaviour in red kites
    2025/07/01 by Samuel Sieder, Patrick Scherler, Stephanie Witczak +3 · 2 citations
    Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Avian ecology and behavior #Biology #Demography #Ecology #Mobbing #Offspring #Parental investment #Paternal care #Population #Predation #Predator #Reproductive success #Reproductive value #Social psychology #Wildlife Ecology and Conservation #Zoology
11. Examining the association between placental malperfusion assessed by histopathological examination and child and adolescent neurodevelopment: a systematic review
    2025/03/26 by Noha Ibrahim, Sydni A. Weissgold, Lucy Brink +5 · 3 citations
    Medicine · #Autism #Biology #MEDLINE #Maternal and fetal healthcare #Medicine #Neonatal and fetal brain pathology #Neurodevelopmental disorder #Observational study #Obstetrics #Offspring #Pathology #Pediatrics #Pregnancy #Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies #PsycINFO #Psychiatry
12. Parental infertility and offspring cardiometabolic trajectories: a pooled analysis of three European cohorts
    2024/01/17 by Álvaro Hernáez, Ahmed Elhakeem, Henrique Barros +5 · 3 citations
    Medicine · #Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy #Biology #Demography #Genetics #Infertility #Medicine #Obstetrics #Offspring #Ovarian function and disorders #Pregnancy #Reproductive Health and Technologies
13. Periconceptional intakes of methyl donors and other micronutrients involved in one-carbon metabolism may further reduce the risk of neural tube defects in offspring: a United States population–based case-control study of women meeting the folic acid recommendations
    2023/08/08 by Julie M. Petersen, Rashida S. Smith‐Webb, Rashida S. Smith-Webb +9 · 8 citations
    Medicine · #Alcoholism and Thiamine Deficiency #Biology #Embryo #Environmental health #Folate and B Vitamins Research #Genetics #Medicine #Micronutrient #Neural tube #Neural tube defect #Offspring #Pathology #Physiology #Population #Pregnancy #Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
14. Disentangling seasonal from maternal effects on egg characteristics in western Baltic spring‐spawning herring Clupea harengus
    2022/09/06 by Amy T. Huang, Katharina Alter, Patrick Polte +1 · 3 citations
    Environmental Science · #Atlantic herring #Biology #Clupea #Ecology #Fish <Actinopterygii> #Fish Ecology and Management Studies #Fishery #Herring #Human fertilization #Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies #Marine and fisheries research #Offspring #Pregnancy #Spawn (biology) #Zoology
15. Nest reliefs in a cryptically incubating shorebird are quick, but vocal
    2022/04/22 by Martin Bulla, Christina Muck, Daniela Tritscher +1 · 1 citation
    Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Environmental Science · #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior #Biology #Calidris #Charadrius #Ecology #Habitat #Incubation #Marine animal studies overview #Nest (protein structural motif) #Offspring #Paternal care #Predation #Pregnancy #Sandpiper #Zoology
16. Prenatal exposure to air pollution is associated with altered brain structure, function, and metabolism in childhood
    2022/02/14 by Bradley S. Peterson, Ravi Bansal, Siddhant Sawardekar +10 · 29 citations
    Environmental Science · Medicine · Neuroscience · Psychology · #Air Quality and Health Impacts #Biology #Brain Structure and Function #Cognition #Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging #Internal medicine #Magnetic resonance imaging #Medicine #Neuroscience #Offspring #Physiology #Pregnancy #Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects #Psychology #White matter
17. Negative carry‐over effects on larval thermal tolerances across a natural thermal gradient
    2021/10/21 by Heidi R. Waite, Cascade J. B. Sorte · 5 citations
    Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Adaptation (eye) #Biology #Ecology #Genetics #Habitat #Intertidal zone #Larva #Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies #Maternal effect #Mussel #Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses #Offspring #Phenotypic plasticity #Physiological and biochemical adaptations #Transgenerational epigenetics #Zoology
18. Aposematism facilitates the diversification of parental care strategies in poison frogs
    2021/09/24 by Juan D. Carvajal-Castro, Fernando Vargas‐Salinas, Santiago Casas‐Cardona +2 · 2 citations
    Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · #Amphibian #Amphibian and Reptile Biology #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Aposematism #Biology #Ecology #Ectotherm #Heliconius #Larva #Mimicry #Offspring #Paternal care #Plant and animal studies #Predation #Predator #Tadpole (physics) #Zoology
19. Lack of effects on female fertility and prenatal and postnatal offspring development in rats with BNT162b2, a mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine
    2021/05/28 by Christopher Bowman, Marie Bouressam, Sarah N. Campion +7 · 1 citation
    Immunology and Microbiology · Medicine · #Antibody #Biology #COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction #Fertility #Fetus #Genetics #Gestation #Immunology #Internal medicine #Lactation #Medicine #Neutralizing antibody #Offspring #Physiology #Population #Pregnancy #Pregnancy and Medication Impact #Reproductive System and Pregnancy #Weaning
20. Nesting strategy shapes territorial aggression but not testosterone: A comparative approach in female and male birds
    2021/05/14 by Sara E. Lipshutz, Kimberly A. Rosvall · 17 citations
    Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · Psychology · #Aggression #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Avian ecology and behavior #Biology #Competition (biology) #Context (archaeology) #Developmental psychology #Ecology #Hirundo #Nest (protein structural motif) #Obligate #Offspring #Paternal care #Plant and animal studies #Predation #Psychology #Territoriality #Zoology
21. Extra‐pair paternity, intraspecific brood parasitism, quasi‐parasitism and polygamy in the Red‐footed Falcon (Falco vespertinus)
    2021/01/24 by Nóra M. Magonyi, Krisztián Szabó, Péter Fehérvári +6 · 1 citation
    Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · Immunology and Microbiology · #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Avian ecology and behavior #Biology #Bird parasitology and diseases #Brood #Brood parasite #Ecology #Genetics #Host (biology) #Intraspecific competition #Nest (protein structural motif) #Offspring #Parasitism #Zoology
22. Sperm DNA methylation epimutation biomarker for paternal offspring autism susceptibility
    2021/01/07 by Nicolás Garrido, Fábio Cardoso Cruz, Rocío Rivera‐Egea +6 · 1 voice · 25 citations
    Medicine · Neuroscience · Psychology · #Autism #Autism Spectrum Disorder Research #Biology #Biomarker #Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues #CpG site #DNA methylation #Developmental psychology #Differentially methylated regions #Epigenetics #Family and Disability Support Research #Gene #Gene expression #Genetics #Heritability of autism #Human genetics #Methylation #Offspring #Pregnancy #Psychology #Sperm
23. The behaviours of a female blonde capuchin (Sapajus flavius) towards her dead infant
    2020/10/07 by Bruna Marcela Teixeira de Andrade, Bruna M.T. Andrade, Robério Freire-Filho +2 · 5 citations
    Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Psychology · #Archaeology #Biology #Demography #Developmental psychology #Geography #Human-Animal Interaction Studies #Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior #Offspring #Population #Primate Behavior and Ecology #Psychology #Sociology #Thanatology #Zoology
24. Galanin neuron activation in feeding, parental care, and infanticide in a mouthbrooding African cichlid fish
    2020/10/05 by Julie M. Butler, Erandi M. Herath, Arohan Rimal +2 · 12 citations
    Neuroscience · Psychology · #Biology #Brood #Cichlid #Ecology #Fish <Actinopterygii> #Fishery #Galanin #Genetics #Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior #Neuropeptide #Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology #Offspring #Paternal care #Pregnancy #Regulation of Appetite and Obesity #Zoology
25. Maternal malnutrition impacts placental morphology and transporter expression: an origin for poor offspring growth
    2020/01/08 by Kristin L Connor, Kristin L. Connor, Mark Kibschull +9 · 1 citation
    Medicine · Nursing · #Biology #Birth, Development, and Health #Child Nutrition and Water Access #Gene #Genetics #Internal medicine #Malnutrition #Medicine #Morphology (biology) #Offspring #Physiology #Pregnancy #Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies #Transporter
26. Both maternal and embryonic exposure to mild hypoxia influence embryonic development of the intertidal gastropod Littorina littorea (Linnaeus, 1758)
    2020/01/01 by Jamie C. S. McCoy, James C. S. McCoy, John I. Spicer +2 · 2 citations
    Earth and Planetary Sciences · Engineering · Environmental Science · #Andrology #Biology #Cell biology #Developmental plasticity #Ecology #Embryo #Embryogenesis #Genetics #Hatching #Hypoxia (environmental) #Juvenile #Larva #Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry #Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies #Maternal effect #Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses #Offspring #Operculum (bryozoa) #Oxygen #Phenotype #Phenotypic plasticity #Physiology #Plasticity #Pregnancy #Veliger #Zoology
27. The deteriorating soma and the indispensable germline: gamete senescence and offspring fitness
    2019/12/18 by Pat Monaghan, Neil B. Metcalfe · 31 citations
    Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Medicine · Neuroscience · #Biology #Evolutionary biology #Gamete #Gene #Genetics #Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms #Germline #Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior #Neuroscience #Offspring #Reproductive Biology and Fertility #Soma #Sperm
28. Invited review: Management strategies capable of improving the reproductive performance of heat-stressed dairy cattle
    2019/09/11 by V.M. Negrón-Pérez, Verónica M. Negrón‐Pérez, Dane W. Fausnacht +2 · 23 citations
    Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Medicine · #Animal science #Biology #Biotechnology #Crossbreed #Dairy cattle #Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock #Environmental health #Fertility #Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock #Genetics #Heat stress #Medicine #Offspring #Population #Pregnancy #Reproductive Physiology in Livestock
29. Are Male Orangutans a Threat to Infants? Evidence of Mother–Offspring Counterstrategies to Infanticide in Bornean Orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii)
    2019/06/01 by Amy Scott, Amy M. Scott, Cheryl D. Knott +1 · 1 citation
    Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Psychology · #Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior #Animal ecology #Biology #Developmental psychology #Genetics #Mating #Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior #Offspring #Pongo pygmaeus #Primate Behavior and Ecology #Proceptive phase #Psychology #Zoology
30. One problem, too many solutions: How costly is honest signalling of need?
    2019/01/11 by Szabolcs Számadó, Dániel Czégel, István Zachar · 3 citations
    Social Sciences · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation #Plant and animal studies #Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies #Begging #Offspring #Signalling #Parent–offspring conflict #Function (biology) #SIGNAL (programming language) #Econometrics #Economics #Biology #Computer science #Microeconomics #Genetics #Pregnancy

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