ArticleScientific reports2018
Longitudinal demographic study of wild populations of African annual killifish.
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- Sexual selection and reproductive success in mesocosm populations of African annual killifish.Journal of fish biology · 2026Article
- An antagonistically pleiotropic gene regulates vertebrate growth, maturity, and lifespan.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Male conspicuous coloration covaries with aggression but not with exploration in the short-lived annual fish Nothobranchius guentheri.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Life History-Dependent Brain Transcriptomic Signatures in Nothobranchids: Insights into Aging, Neurogenesis, and Life History Evolution.Integrative organismal biology (Oxford, England) · 2025Article
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- RNAseq Analysis of Brain Aging in Wild Specimens of Short-Lived Turquoise Killifish: Commonalities and Differences With Aging Under Laboratory Conditions.Molecular biology and evolution · 2022Article
- Protogynous functional hermaphroditism in the North American annual killifish, Millerichthys robustus.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- A Model of Discovery: The Role of Imaging Established and Emerging Non-mammalian Models in Neuroscience.Frontiers in molecular neuroscience · 2022Review
- Embryo ecology: Developmental synchrony and asynchrony in the embryonic development of wild annual fish populations.Ecology and evolution · 2021Article
- Age-Dependent Regulation of Notch Family Members in the Neuronal Stem Cell Niches of the Short-Lived KillifishFrontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2021Article
- Alternative Animal Models of Aging Research.Frontiers in molecular biosciences · 2021Review
- Nothobranchius annual killifishes.EvoDevo · 2020Review
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- Good performance of turquoise killifish (Nothobranchius furzeri) on pelleted diet as a step towards husbandry standardization.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Genetic diversity of a widespread annual killifish from coastal Tanzania.BMC evolutionary biology · 2020Article
- Anemonefish, a model for Eco-Evo-Devo.EvoDevo · 2020Review
- Analysis of the coding sequences of clownfish reveals molecular convergence in the evolution of lifespan.BMC evolutionary biology · 2019Article
- Live fast, diversify non-adaptively: evolutionary diversification of exceptionally short-lived annual killifishes.BMC evolutionary biology · 2019Article
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Abstract
The natural history of model organisms is often overlooked despite its importance to correctly interpret the outcome of laboratory studies. Ageing is particularly understudied in natural populations. To address this gap, we present lifetime demographic data from wild populations of an annual species, the turquoise killifish, Nothobranchius furzeri, a model species in ageing research, and two other species of coexisting annual killifishes. Annual killifish hatch synchronously, have non-overlapping generations, and reproduce daily after reaching sexual maturity. Data from 13 isolated savanna pools in southern Mozambique demonstrate that the pools supporting killifish populations desiccated 1-4 months after their filling, though some pools persisted longer. Declines in population size over the season were stronger than predicted, because they exceeded the effect of steady habitat shrinking on population density that, contrary to the prediction, decreased. Populations of N. furzeri also became more female-biased with progressing season suggesting that males had lower survival. Nothobranchius community composition did not significantly vary across the season. Our data clearly demonstrate that natural populations of N. furzeri and its congeners suffer strong mortality throughout their lives, with apparent selective disappearance (condition-dependent mortality) at the individual level. This represents selective force that can shape the evolution of lifespan, and its variation across populations, beyond the effects of the gradient in habitat persistence.
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