Transgenerational plasticity in marine sticklebacks: maternal effects mediate impacts of a warming ocean
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maternal effects mediate impacts of a warming ocean Lisa N. S. Shama*, Anneli Strobel, Felix C. Mark and K. Mathias Wegner Coastal Ecology Section, Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum f€ ur Polarund Meeresforschung, Wadden Sea Station Sylt, Wadden Hafenstrasse 43, 25992 List, Germany; and Integrative Ecophysiology Section, Alfred-WegenerInstitut Helmholtz-Zentrum f€ ur Polarund Meeresforschung, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
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