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 …

Various biological attributes associated with individual fitness in animals change predictably
over the lifespan of an organism. Therefore, the study of animal ecology and the work of …

Climate warming is increasingly exposing wildlife to sublethal high temperatures, which may
lead to chronic impacts and reduced fitness. Telomere length (TL) may link heat exposure to …

Telomeres are DNA structures that protect chromosome ends. However, telomeres shorten
during cell replication and at critically low lengths can reduce cell replicative potential …

Reproduction, a basic property of biological life, entails costs for an organism, ultimately
detectable as reduction in survival prospects. Telomeres are an excellent candidate …

Telomeres are protective caps at the end of eukaryotic chromosomes that shorten with age
and in response to stressful or resource‐demanding conditions. Their length predicts …

Telomere length (TL) is considered an important biomarker of whole-organism health and
aging. Across humans and other vertebrates, short telomeres are associated with increased …

Lifetime reproductive success (LRS), the number of offspring produced over an organism's
lifetime, is a fundamental component of Darwinian fitness. For taxa such as salmonids with …

The mechanisms that contribute to variation in lifetime reproductive success are not well
understood. One possibility is that telomeres, conserved DNA sequences at chromosome …

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 …