Telomere attrition is considered a hallmark of ageing. Untangling the proximate causes of
telomere attrition may therefore reveal important aspects about the ageing process. In a …

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 …

A key goal of pertussis control is to protect infants too young to be vaccinated, the age group
most vulnerable to this highly contagious respiratory infection. In the last decade, maternal …

Hibernation is linked with various hypotheses to explain the extended lifespan of hibernating
mammals compared with their non-hibernating counterparts. Studies on telomeres, markers …

Telomere length and telomere shortening predict survival in many organisms. This raises
the question of the contribution of genetic and environmental effects to variation in these …

Telomeres, the nucleotide sequences that protect the ends of eukaryotic chromosomes,
shorten with each cell division and telomere loss may be influenced by environmental …

Understanding ageing and the diversity of life histories is a cornerstone in biology.
Telomeres, the protecting caps of chromosomes, are thought to be involved in ageing …

Early‐life conditions impact fitness, but whether the combined effect of extrinsic stressors is
additive or synergistic is not well known. This is a major knowledge gap because exposure …

Environmental conditions during early‐life development can have lasting effects shaping
individual heterogeneity in fitness and fitness‐related traits. The length of telomeres, the …

The mechanisms that underlie senescence are not well understood in insects. Telomeres
are conserved repetitive sequences at chromosome ends that protect DNA during …