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 …

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 …

Evolutionary biology and biomedicine have seen a surge of recent interest in the possibility
that telomeres play a role in life-history trade-offs and ageing. Here, I evaluate alternative …

Various biological attributes associated with individual fitness in animals change predictably
over the lifespan of an organism. Therefore, the study of animal ecology and the work of …

The prediction that telomere length (TL) shortens with increasing age is a major element in
considering the role of telomeres as a key player in evolution. While telomere attrition is …

Telomeres play a fundamental role in the maintenance of genomic integrity at a cellular
level, and average leukocyte telomere length (LTL) has been proposed as a biomarker of …

Individual variation in survival probability due to differential responses to early‐life
environmental conditions is important in the evolution of life histories and senescence. A …

Aging is characterized by decreasing physiological integration, reduced function, loss of
resilience, and increased risk of death. Paradoxically, although women live longer, they …

Research on the physiological causes of senescence aim to identify common physiological
mechanisms that explain age-related declines in fitness across taxonomic groups …

Age‐related telomere shortening is considered a hallmark of the ageing process. However,
a recent cross‐sectional ageing study of relative telomere length (rTL) in bats failed to detect …