Telomere attrition is considered a hallmark of ageing. Untangling the proximate causes of
telomere attrition may therefore reveal important aspects about the ageing process. In a …

Animal response to stressors such as harsh environmental conditions and demanding
biological processes requires energy generated through increased mitochondrial activity …

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 …

The attrition of telomeres, the ends of eukaryote chromosomes, is thought to play an
important role in cell deterioration with advancing age. The observed variation in telomere …

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 …

The idea that resources are limited and animals can maximise fitness by trading costly
activities off against one another forms the basis of life-history theory. Although investment in …

Following the discoveries of telomeres and of their implications in terms of health and
ageing, there has been a growing interest into the study of telomere dynamics in wild …

The idea that oxidative stress may underpin life history trade‐offs has become extremely
popular. However, experimental support for the concept has proved equivocal. It has …

Recent work on a small European cave salamander (Proteus anguinus) has revealed that it
has exceptional longevity, yet it appears to have unexceptional defences against oxidative …