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SUMMARY:The adaptive use of information within and across generations - Dr
  Sinead English\, University of Oxford
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CONTACT:Dr Hannah Rowland
DESCRIPTION:How do individuals consolidate input from genes\, non-genetic 
 parental effects and direct experiences of the environment when developing
  a phenotype best suited to the prevailing conditions? Here\, I use a fram
 ework built on the premise that these channels (genes\, parents\, environm
 ent) all provide information to the developing organism. I will give an ov
 erview of insights based on this framework about the environmental conditi
 ons favouring the evolution of non-genetic inheritance and the general emp
 irical support for anticipatory maternal effects. Finally\, I describe a m
 odel of within-generation use of information during growth which addresses
  the question of why early life experiences can have long-term effects eve
 n when later plasticity is unconstrained. 
LOCATION:Part II Lecture Theatre\, Department of Zoology
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