The field of red cell biology is undergoing a quiet revolution. Long assumed to be inert
oxygen carriers, RBCs are emerging as important modulators of the innate immune …

Mitochondrial structures were probably observed microscopically in the 1840s, but the idea
of oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) within mitochondria did not appear until the 1930s …

The role of the mitochondria in disease, general health and aging has drawn much attention
over the years. Several attempts have been made to describe how the numbers of …

It is often assumed that an animal's metabolic rate can be estimated through measuring the
whole-organism oxygen consumption rate. However, oxygen consumption alone is unlikely …

Dysregulation of the immune system is associated with many pathologies, including
cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and cancer. To date, the most commonly used models in …

Many of the colour displays of animals are proposed to have evolved in response to female
mate choice for honest signals of quality, but such honest signalling requires mechanisms to …

Diversifying selection on metabolic pathways can reduce intraspecific gene flow and
promote population divergence. An opportunity to explore this arises from mitonuclear …

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

Stress is ubiquitous and thus, not surprisingly, many hypotheses and models have been
created to better study the role stress plays in life. Stress spans fields and is found in the …

Sex-limited polymorphism has evolved in many species including our own. Yet, we lack a
detailed understanding of the underlying genetic variation and evolutionary processes at …