Measuring animal age with DNA methylation: From humans to wild animals

R De Paoli-Iseppi, BE Deagle, CR McMahon… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
… Timeline of the major studies and tissues analysed for global or targeted DNA methylation
in this review. Studies are age-associated except where indicated. Superscripts: ∧ (captive …

Population epigenetics: The extent of DNA methylation variation in wild animal populations

V Chapelle, F Silvestre - Epigenomes, 2022 - mdpi.com
… We first provide an overview of the extent of DNA methylation variation and its autonomy
from genetic variation in wild animal population. Second, we discuss DNA methylation

An ecologist's guide for studying DNA methylation variation in wild vertebrates

VN Laine, B Sepers, M Lindner… - Molecular Ecology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
… Establishing, maintaining and modifying DNA methylation patterns in plants and animals.
Nature … Resource base influences genome- wide DNA methylation levels in wild baboons …

Estimation of chimpanzee age based on DNA methylation

H Ito, T Udono, S Hirata, M Inoue-Murayama - Scientific Reports, 2018 - nature.com
… In wild animal conservation, knowing the age of an individual animal is extremely beneficial.
… on humans with few reports on other animals, especially wild animals. In the present study, …

Resource base influences genome‐wide DNA methylation levels in wild baboons (Papio cynocephalus)

AJ Lea, J Altmann, SC Alberts, J Tung - Molecular ecology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
… a role for DNA methylation in mediating ecological effects on phenotypic traits in the wild
and … differences between Lodge and wild-feeding animals, we combined genome-wide DNA

DNA methylation markers of age (ing) in non‐model animals

M Tangili, AJ Slettenhaar, J Sudyka… - Molecular …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
wild populations, can help evaluate already existing hypotheses about ageing as well as
improve our understanding of how wild animals have evolved to regulate the ageing process. …

DNA methylation as a tool to explore ageing in wild roe deer populations

J Lemaître, B Rey, J Gaillard, C Régis… - Molecular ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Animal populations in which individuals are monitored from birth to death in the wild provide
a … We hypothesize that DNA methylation profiles integrates environmental effects that might …

Optimal sample size for calibrating DNA methylation age estimators

B Mayne, O Berry, S Jarman - Molecular Ecology Resources, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
… Age estimation of animals from DNA methylation is a useful … Using DNA methylation for wild
animal age estimation and … Age estimation studies by DNA methylation in wild animals vary …

Age estimation based on blood DNA methylation levels in brown bears

S Nakamura, J Yamazaki, N Matsumoto… - Molecular Ecology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
… Measuring animal age with DNA methylation: From humans to wild animals. Frontiers in …
DNA methylation as a tool to explore ageing in wild roe deer populations. Molecular Ecology …

Early life social and ecological determinants of global DNA methylation in wild spotted hyenas

ZM Laubach, CD Faulk, DC Dolinoy… - Molecular …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
… Such efforts in wild animals could better enable investigators to explore not only how … might
affect DNA methylation, but also the extent to which variation in DNA methylation patterns is …