Biological clocks as age estimation markers in animals: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

LS Le Clercq, A Kotzé, JP Grobler… - Biological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Age estimation in fishes using epigenetic clocks: Applications to fisheries management and conservation biology

F Piferrer, D Anastasiadi - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The distribution of age classes is a key demographic parameter of populations and thus
proper age estimation is crucial for fisheries management and for conservation biology. Age …

Rapid assessment of adult abundance and demographic connectivity from juvenile kin pairs in a critically endangered species

TA Patterson, RM Hillary, PM Kyne, RD Pillans… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
The viability of spatially structured populations depends on the abundance and connectivity
between subpopulations of breeding adults. Yet, for many species, both are extremely …

[HTML][HTML] Perturbation of the gut microbiome in wild-caught freshwater turtles (Emydura macquarii macquarii) exposed to elevated PFAS levels

DJ Beale, A Bissett, S Nilsson, U Bose… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are environmentally persistent and pervasive.
Understanding the toxicity of PFAS to wildlife is difficult, both due to the complexity of biotic …

Key issues in assessing threats to sea turtles: knowledge gaps and future directions

MMPB Fuentes, E McMichael, CY Kot… - Endangered Species …, 2023 - int-res.com
Sea turtles are an iconic group of marine megafauna that have been exposed to multiple
anthropogenic threats across their different life stages, especially in the past decades. This …

Potential role of DNA methylation as a driver of plastic responses to the environment across cells, organisms, and populations

SN Bogan, SV Yi - Genome biology and evolution, 2024 - academic.oup.com
There is great interest in exploring epigenetic modifications as drivers of adaptive
organismal responses to environmental change. Extending this hypothesis to populations …

Calibrating epigenetic clocks with training data error

B Mayne, O Berry, S Jarman - Evolutionary Applications, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Animal age data are valuable for management of wildlife populations. Yet, for most species,
there is no practical method for determining the age of unknown individuals. However …

Age estimation based on blood DNA methylation levels in brown bears

S Nakamura, J Yamazaki, N Matsumoto… - Molecular Ecology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Age is an essential trait for understanding the ecology and management of wildlife. A
conventional method of estimating age in wild animals is counting annuli formed in the …

Vulnerability and resilience of living marine resources to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill: an overview

SA Murawski, PT Schwing, WF Patterson III… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The 2010 Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) was the
largest and perhaps most consequential accidental marine oil spill in global history. This …

Accurate, non-destructive, and high-throughput age estimation for Golden perch (Macquaria ambigua spp.) using DNA methylation

B Mayne, T Espinoza, DA Crook, C Anderson… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Age structure information of animal populations is fundamental to their conservation and
management. In fisheries, age is routinely obtained by counting daily or annual increments …