Contents; Part I: Conceptual Issues; Part II: Assessment and Measurement; Part III: Reviews of Maternal Effects Expression; Part IV: Case Studies of Maternal Effects; Concluding Remarks: Generalizations, Implications, and Future Directions; Taxonomic Index; Author Index; Subject Index
Summary
Phenotypic variation is influenced by both genetic and environmental variation. One important source of environmental variation is the maternal effect: influences of the maternal environment on offspring phenotype
