Alternative animal models of aging research

S Holtze, E Gorshkova, S Braude… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Most research on mechanisms of aging is being conducted in a very limited number of
classical model species, ie, laboratory mouse (Mus musculus), rat (Rattus norvegicus …

The dark side of Lepidoptera: colour lightness of geometrid moths decreases with increasing latitude

L Heidrich, N Friess, K Fiedler… - Global Ecology and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Aim The observed decrease in insect colour lightness with increasing latitude has been
explained in earlier macroecological studies by the increased solar absorption of dark …

Ecology of female mating failure/lifelong virginity: a review of causal mechanisms in insects and arachnids

M Rhainds - Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Sexual reproduction implies binary outcomes of competitive interactions for access to male
gametes: lifelong virgin females with null fitness vs. mated females with variable (generally …

A new framework for growth curve fitting based on the von Bertalanffy Growth Function

L Lee, D Atkinson, AG Hirst, SJ Cornell - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
All organisms grow. Numerous growth functions have been applied to a wide taxonomic
range of organisms, yet some of these models have poor fits to empirical data and lack of …

Cold and isolated ectotherms: drivers of reptilian longevity

G Stark, K Tamar, Y Itescu, A Feldman… - Biological Journal of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Animal lifespan is determined by extrinsic and intrinsic factors causing mortality. According
to the evolutionary theories of senescence, when mortality pressures are low, animals delay …

Ecological specialisation and range size determine intraspecific body size variation in a speciose clade of insect herbivores

CL Seifert, P Strutzenberger, K Fiedler - Oikos, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The body size of an adult insect is strongly determined by the environmental factors to which
it is exposed during growth and development. Insect species confronted with a high …

[HTML][HTML] Nothobranchius as a model for anorexia of aging research: An evolutionary, anatomical, histological, immunohistochemical, and molecular study

K Mhalhel, M Briglia, M Aragona, C Porcino… - Annals of Anatomy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Anorexia of aging, defined as a decrease in appetite and a preponderant loss
of body weight occurring in late life, is one of the most common diseases affecting older …

Longevity of hymenopteran parasitoids in natural versus agricultural habitats and implications for biological control

M Kishinevsky, AR Ives - Ecological Applications, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Agricultural habitats are frequently disturbed, and disturbances could have major effects on
species in upper trophic levels such as hymenopteran parasitoids that are important for …

How do host plant use and seasonal life cycle relate to insect body size: A case study on European geometrid moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)

CL Seifert, P Strutzenberger… - Journal of Evolutionary …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
We used European geometrid moths (> 630 species) as a model group to investigate how
life history traits linked to larval host plant use (ie, diet breadth and host‐plant growth form) …

Molecular phylogeny of north European Geometridae (Lepidoptera: Geometroidea)

E Õunap, V Nedumpally, E Yapar… - Systematic …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
A comprehensive phylogeny of north European Geometridae is reconstructed using a two‐
step analytical pipeline. First, a phylogenomic backbone tree was inferred using a 117 …