Despite tremendous progress in recent years, our understanding of the evolution of ageing
is still incomplete. A dominant paradigm maintains that ageing evolves due to the competing …

The fact that sperm carry more than the paternal DNA has only been discovered just over a
decade ago. With this discovery, the idea that the paternal condition may have direct …

The idea that there is an impenetrable barrier that separates the germline and soma has
shaped much thinking in evolutionary biology and in many other disciplines. However …

Life history theory has become a prominent framework in the evolutionary social sciences,
and the concept of trade-offs, the cornerstone of life history theory in studies on non-human …

Social insects are promising new models in aging research. Within single colonies, longevity
differences of several magnitudes exist that can be found elsewhere only between different …

Research on telomeres in the fields of ecology and evolution has been rapidly expanding
over the last two decades. This has resulted in the formulation of a multitude of, often name …

Ecological stoichiometry is a useful theoretical framework for understanding the sources and
controls on nutrient availability that structure the composition and diversity of biotic …

Foxo family transcription factors are critically involved in multiple processes, such as
metabolism, quiescence, cell survival and cell differentiation. Although continuous, high …

Pheromones exchanged by conspecifics are a major class of chemical signals that can alter
behavior, physiology, and development. In particular, males and females communicate with …

Since its introduction by Sydney Brenner, Caenorhabditis elegans has become a widely
studied organism. Given its highly significant properties, including transparency, short …