Following the discoveries of telomeres and of their implications in terms of health and
ageing, there has been a growing interest into the study of telomere dynamics in wild …

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 …

Understanding individual‐level variation in response to the environment is fundamental to
understanding life‐history evolution and population dynamics. Telomeres, the protective …

Telomeres are repeating DNA found at the ends of chromosomes that, in the absence of
restorative processes, shorten with cell replications and are implicated as a cause of …

Background Noise pollution is one of the leading environmental health risks for humans,
linked to a myriad of stress-related health problems. Yet little is known about the long-term …

Individual variation in telomere length is predictive of health and mortality risk across a
range of species. However, the relative influence of environmental and genetic variation on …

Telomere length is increasingly used as a biomarker of long‐term somatic state and future
survival prospects. While most studies have overlooked this aspect, biological …

Although the pace of senescence varies considerably, the physiological systems that
contribute to different patterns of senescence are not well understood, especially in long …

Telomere length (TL) predicts health and survival across taxa. Variation in TL between
individuals is thought to be largely of genetic origin, but telomere inheritance is unusual …

Understanding individual variation in fitness‐related traits requires separating the
environmental and genetic determinants. Telomeres are protective caps at the ends of …