Recent research suggests that epigenetics, especially DNA methylation, plays a mechanistic
role in aging. Epigenetic clocks, which measure changes in a few hundred specific CpG …

Telomere length (TL) has become a biomarker of increasing interest within ecology and
evolutionary biology, and has been found to predict subsequent survival in some recent …

In the context of global changes, fish are increasingly exposed to multiple stressors that
have cascading effects from molecules to the whole individual, thereby affecting wild fish …

Research programmes on oxidative stress and hormesis are wide ranging. Biomedical and
toxicological sciences have traditionally centralised such research, but in the last years we …

Males and females often age at different rates resulting in longevity 'gender gaps', where
one sex outlives the other. Why the sexes have different lifespans is an age‐old question …

Early embryonic exposure to maternal glucocorticoids can broadly impact physiology and
behaviour across phylogenetically diverse taxa. The transfer of maternal glucocorticoids to …

Developmental stressors often have long-term fitness consequences, but linking offspring
traits to fitness prospects has remained a challenge. Telomere length predicts mortality in …

Physiological Adaptations for Breeding in Birds is the most current and comprehensive
account of research on avian reproduction. It develops two unique themes: the consideration …

Sex differences in human health and disease can range from undetectable to profound.
Differences in brain tumor rates and outcome are evident in males and females throughout …

Most organisms, including ourselves, are exposed to environmental stressors at various
points during life, and responses to such stressors have been optimised by evolution to give …