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J Exp Biol (2024) 227 (22): jeb246497.
Published: 13 November 2024
... of Biologists Ltd 2024 Summary: Social insect queens reach extraordinary lifespans combined with high fecundity. This seems to be achieved through uncoupling of the conserved molecular pathways that trade-off fecundity against longevity in short-lived solitary insects. Ageing IIS Juvenile...
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J Exp Biol (2021) 224 (10): jeb233213.
Published: 17 May 2021
... D. melanogaster lifespan, and that the amplitude of clock gene expression in peripheral body clocks may be a potential link between temperature rhythms and longevity in male D. melanogaster . Longevity due to T cyc appeared predominantly independent of clock gene amplitude in female D. melanogaster...
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J Exp Biol (2021) 224 (7): jeb232793.
Published: 15 April 2021
...-induced stress resistance and longevity is well established in D. melanogaster ( Arking et al., 1991 ; Harshman et al., 1999 ; Lin et al., 1998 ; Vermeulen et al., 2005 ), data are scarce from social insects ( Lucas and Keller, 2014 ; Lucas et al., 2017 ). Despite the fact that oxidative stress...
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J Exp Biol (2020) 223 (16): jeb226563.
Published: 18 August 2020
... and longevity may benefit from more tests in a comparative evolutionary framework. Further studies are needed to better understand how mortality sources at different life stages interplay to shape broad phenotypic variation in physiological and life history traits. We thank our lab members, two anonymous...
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J Exp Biol (2018) 221 (8): jeb174540.
Published: 20 April 2018
... Spalax carmeli show enhanced DNA repair capacity and resistance to several genotoxic agents, which may contribute to its longevity and reduced cancer rates. DNA repair Hypoxia Longevity Cell cycle Genotoxic stress Cancer The blind mole rats, Spalax , endure extreme and abrupt...
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J Exp Biol (2016) 219 (20): 3177–3189.
Published: 15 October 2016
... and/or survival. Life-history traits Cost of reproduction Reactive oxygen species Oxidative stress Mitochondrial function Longevity Nearly a century ago, Fisher (1930) suggested that the high energetic demand of reproduction should have a negative impact on future reproduction and longevity...
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J Exp Biol (2016) 219 (17): 2726–2732.
Published: 1 September 2016
... melanogaster , we show how developmental plasticity of cold tolerance is completely reversible in the adult stage, while adult acclimation in heat tolerance is constrained by developmental temperature. Longevity Climate change Heat tolerance Cold tolerance Phenotypic plasticity Drosophila...
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J Exp Biol (2014) 217 (1): 57–66.
Published: 1 January 2014
... exposure can affect health and longevity over long time frames is via effects on telomere dynamics. Much of this work has so far been done on humans, and is correlational in nature, but studies on other taxa, and experimental work, are increasing. I summarise the relevant aspects of vertebrate telomere...
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J Exp Biol (2013) 216 (24): 4601–4607.
Published: 15 December 2013
... by The Company of Biologists Ltd 2013 insect heat stress desiccation stress hardening stress resistance heat-shock proteins longevity The abundance and distributional patterns of terrestrial arthropods are strongly dependent on the ability of these organisms to tolerate thermal extremes...
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J Exp Biol (2013) 216 (8): 1388–1397.
Published: 15 April 2013
... No competing interests declared. 27 9 2012 12 12 2012 © 2013. 2013 ageing flight longevity oxidative stress phosphoglucose isomerase Pgi physiological condition rate of living senescence trade-off Maximum metabolic capacity and maximum endurance are likely...
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J Exp Biol (2012) 215 (19): 3453–3458.
Published: 1 October 2012
.... At the adult stage, while longevity was not sex dependent and was not affected by the treatment, body mass and body size of adult males from the reconstruction treatment were significantly lower than the control values. This unexpected sex effect together with data on oxidative stress highlights the difficulty...
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J Exp Biol (2011) 214 (11): 1902–1910.
Published: 1 June 2011
... typically live 1.5 times longer than mammals of the same size ( Holmes and Martin, 2009 ), and a number of mouse-sized passerines (e.g. swallows and sparrows) can live as much as three to four times longer than mice. Birds achieve this remarkable longevity despite their exceptionally high metabolic rate...
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