These findings contrast with a previous report from the same authors [21] showing that leptin treatment over a similar postnatal period can prevent offspring obesity associated with maternal undernutrition.
"Wouldn't it be wonderful if the Keys mosquito control district could say, 'We don't have Aedes aegypti here – you can't get dengue or Zika?'" Each male mosquito released by Oxitec will carry a gene to prevent his offspring from reaching adulthood.
Examining whether any maternal pregnancy stress association with offspring outcomes is largely mediated by postnatal stress is also important as if the effect is largely due to postnatal impact then any intervention to prevent adverse offspring outcomes would want to focus on minimizing postnatal stress.
Stout and Chandler (1933) did record cases where pollen tubes grew without delay to the ovary and ovules, and yet another level of SI (perhaps preventing fertilization or involving post-zygotic abortion) prevented offspring from being formed by self-pollination.
Perhaps surprisingly, though, there has to my knowledge been no demonstration of active parental behavior protecting offspring from the effects of low humidity, although detailed observational data suggest that burrows dug by Parastizopus beetle parents (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) in the Kalahari play a role in preventing offspring drying out (Rasa 1995, 1998, 1999).
A thicket of new rules to prevent Ma Bell's offspring from exploiting customers, and AT&T from bullying its opponents.
In an experiment to be undertaken with assistance from Tufts University's Center for Animals and Public Policy, Hastings hopes to become the first suburb in the United States to control deer through immunocontraception, using the animal's own immune system to prevent it from fertilizing offspring.
Cases were limited to live, singleton offspring to prevent potential confounding from the adverse effects associated with stillbirth and multiple-birth pregnancies.
GWG, physical activity and smoking status during pregnancy were significantly associated with obesity for the offspring at the age of 8. Health care professionals should strongly advise women to not smoke and to perform moderate exercise during pregnancy to prevent obesity in the offspring in later life.
