ReviewBiogerontology2024
Linking telomere dynamics to evolution, life history and environmental change: perspectives, predictions and problems.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.
- Parental Age Effects on Offspring Telomere Length Across Vertebrates: A Meta-Analysis.Molecular ecology · 2026Pooled it
- Reproductive Drivers of Temporal Telomere Dynamics in Female Tree Swallows.Molecular ecology · 2026Article
- The ageing holobiont: crosstalk between telomere dynamics, oxidative stress and the gut microbiome.Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2026Review
- Telomere Length at Recruitment Predicts Lifespan and Lifetime Reproductive Success in the Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica).Molecular ecology · 2026Article
- Telomere biology and telomerase regulation across species: evolutionary insights into aging, longevity, and genome stability.Molecular biology reports · 2026Review
- Links between mitochondrial function, whole-animal metabolic rate, telomere dynamics and swimming performance in minnows.The Journal of experimental biology · 2026Article
- State-Dependent and Social Modulation of Circulating Glucocorticoids in a Nomadic Songbird, the Red Crossbill (Integrative organismal biology (Oxford, England) · 2026Article
- Is Telomere Length Optimized in Hatchling Sand Lizards?Evolution & development · 2025Article
- Topsicle: a method for estimating telomere length from whole genome long-read sequencing data.Genome biology · 2025Article
- Unpredictable warm spells in winter increase blood cortisol level but lengthen telomeres in a seasonal rodentProceedings. Biological sciences · 2025Article
- Telomeres in health and longevity: special issue in memory of Alexey Olovnikov.Biogerontology · 2024Article
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Abstract
This perspectives paper considers the value of studying telomere biology outside of a biomedical context. I provide illustrative examples of the kinds of questions that evolutionary ecologists have addressed in studies of telomere dynamics in non-model species, primarily metazoan animals, and what this can contribute to our understanding of their evolution, life histories and health. I also discuss why the predicted relationships between telomere dynamics and life history traits, based on the detailed cellular studies in humans and model organisms, are not always found in studies in other species.
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