[HTML][HTML] The evolution of aging and lifespan

S Li, JM Vazquez, PH Sudmant - Trends in Genetics, 2023‏ - cell.com
Aging is a nearly inescapable trait among organisms yet lifespan varies tremendously
across different species and spans several orders of magnitude in vertebrates alone. This …

A unified framework for evolutionary genetic and physiological theories of aging

JF Lemaître, J Moorad, JM Gaillard, AA Maklakov… - PLoS …, 2024‏ - journals.plos.org
Why and how we age are 2 intertwined questions that have fascinated scientists for many
decades. However, attempts to answer these questions remain compartmentalized …

Meta-analysis shows no consistent evidence for senescence in ejaculate traits across animals

K Sanghvi, R Vega-Trejo, S Nakagawa… - Nature …, 2024‏ - nature.com
Male reproductive traits such as ejaculate size and quality, are expected to decline with
advancing age due to senescence. It is however unclear whether this expectation is upheld …

Climate change-induced shifts in survival and size of the worlds' northernmost oviparous snake: A 68-year study

J Elmberg, L Palmheden, C Edelstam, M Hagman… - PloS one, 2024‏ - journals.plos.org
Because of their dependence on ambient temperature ectothermic animals can serve as
sentinels of conservation problems related to global warming. Reptiles in temperate areas …

Anthropogenic impacts on threatened species erode functional diversity in chelonians and crocodilians

RC Rodríguez-Caro, E Graciá, SP Blomberg… - Nature …, 2023‏ - nature.com
The Anthropocene is tightly associated with a drastic loss of species worldwide and the
disappearance of their key ecosystem functions. The orders Testudines (turtles and …

Does death drive the scaling of life?

DS Glazier - Biological Reviews, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
The magnitude of many kinds of biological structures and processes scale with organismal
size, often in regular ways that can be described by power functions. Traditionally, many of …

Centenarian lifespans of three freshwater fish species in Arizona reveal the exceptional longevity of the buffalofishes (Ictiobus)

AR Lackmann, SA Black, ES Bielak-Lackmann… - Scientific Reports, 2023‏ - nature.com
During the 1910s three buffalofish species (Catostomidae: Ictiobus cyprinellus, I. bubalus, I.
niger) were reared in ponds along the Mississippi River. Individuals of these buffalofishes …

Knowledge and practice of nurses toward preventive measures of elderly patients with viral hepatitis B and C in the dialysis unit

MMM Ahmed, HE Hassan… - NILES journal for …, 2024‏ - niles.journals.ekb.eg
Background: Compliance with hemodialysis (HD) precautions is essential in preventing the
transmission of viral hepatitis C Virus (HCV) and hepatitis B (HBV) in hemodialysis units …

Separation of reproductive decline from lifespan extension during methionine restriction

F Wei, S Liu, J Liu, Y Sun, AE Allen, MA Reid… - Nature Aging, 2024‏ - nature.com
Lifespan-extending interventions are generally thought to result in reduced fecundity. The
generality of this principle and how it may extend to nutrition and metabolism is not …

Functional responses in a lizard along a 3.5‐km altitudinal gradient

N Serén, R Megía‐Palma, T Simčič… - Journal of …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Aim Physiological and metabolic performance are key mediators of the functional response
of species to environmental change. Few environments offer such a multifaceted array of …