ArticleProceedings. Biological sciences2021
Longer telomeres during early life predict higher lifetime reproductive success in females but not males.
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- Photoperiod, but not testosterone, increases basal metabolic rate in house sparrows.Integrative organismal biology (Oxford, England) · 2026Article
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- Heritability and age-dependent changes in genetic variation of telomere length in a wild house sparrow population.Evolution letters · 2025Article
- Telomere- and oxidative stress dynamics in Psittacidae species with different longevity trajectories.GeroScience · 2025Article
- Increased Reproductive Output and Telomere Shortening Following Calcium Supplementation in a Wild Songbird.Ecology and evolution · 2024Article
- Variation in the thermal plasticity of avian embryos is produced by the developmental environment, not genes.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2024Article
- Telomere length is longer following diapause in two solitary bee species.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Sex and early-life conditions shape telomere dynamics in an ectotherm.The Journal of experimental biology · 2024Article
- Early-life telomere length predicts life-history strategy and reproductive senescence in a threatened wild songbird.Molecular ecology · 2023Article
- Longitudinal telomere dynamics within natural lifespans of a wild bird.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Low Antioxidant Glutathione Levels Lead to Longer Telomeres: A Sex-Specific Link to Longevity?Integrative organismal biology (Oxford, England) · 2023Article
- Stressors interact across generations to influence offspring telomeres and survival.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2022Article
- Causes and consequences of variation in early-life telomere length in a bird metapopulation.Ecology and evolution · 2022Article
- Early-life conditions impact juvenile telomere length, but do not predict later life-history strategies or fitness in a wild vertebrate.Ecology and evolution · 2022Article
- Hot and dry conditions predict shorter nestling telomeres in an endangered songbird: Implications for population persistence.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022Article
- Evidence of Paternal Effects on Telomere Length Increases in Early Life.Frontiers in genetics · 2022Article
- Longer telomeres during early life predict higher lifetime reproductive success in females but not males.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2021Article
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Abstract
The mechanisms that contribute to variation in lifetime reproductive success are not well understood. One possibility is that telomeres, conserved DNA sequences at chromosome ends that often shorten with age and stress exposures, may reflect differences in vital processes or influence fitness. Telomere length often predicts longevity, but longevity is only one component of fitness and little is known about how lifetime reproductive success is related to telomere dynamics in wild populations. We examined the relationships between telomere length beginning in early life, telomere loss into adulthood and lifetime reproductive success in free-living house sparrows (
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