Prenatal Acoustic Programming

Multiome Profiling Reveals Astrocyte and Neuroendocrine Targets of Prenatal Acoustic Programming in Zebra Finch Embryos

Climate change is driving more frequent and severe heat events, yet the developmental mechanisms by which organisms anticipate and adapt to thermal stress remain poorly understood. In zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata), parents exposed to extreme heat emit distinctive "heat call" vocalizations during late incubation that trigger adaptive phenotypic responses in offspring, including altered growth, thermoregulation, and reproductive success. Recent transcriptomic analysis revealed that...