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| Neil B MetcalfeSummaryAffiliation: University of Glasgow Country: UK Publications
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Growth versus lifespan: perspectives from evolutionary ecologyNeil B Metcalfe
Division of Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, Graham Kerr Building, Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Glasgow University, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
Exp Gerontol 38:935-40. 2003..We suggest a number of experimental approaches that might allow the true relationships between growth rate and future performance to be elucidated...
Early life experience primes resistance to oxidative stressDavid Costantini
Institute for Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, Graham Kerr Building, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
J Exp Biol 215:2820-6. 2012..These findings point to a potential mechanism linking early life experiences to future darwinian fitness...- The pattern of early growth trajectories affects adult breeding performanceWho Seung Lee
Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, Graham Kerr Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
Ecology 93:902-12. 2012.... - Carotenoid modulation of immune function and sexual attractiveness in zebra finchesJonathan D Blount
Division of Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
Science 300:125-7. 2003..In this study, we show that manipulation of dietary carotenoid supply invokes parallel changes in cell-mediated immune function and sexual attractiveness in male zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata)... 
The impact of dietary restriction, intermittent feeding and compensatory growth on reproductive investment and lifespan in a short-lived fishClaire L W Inness
Fish Biology Group, Division of Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, Graham Kerr Building, IBLS, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
Proc Biol Sci 275:1703-8. 2008....- Availability of non-carotenoid antioxidants affects the expression of a carotenoid-based sexual ornamentThomas W Pike
Division of Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
Biol Lett 3:353-6. 2007..Our data suggest that carotenoid-based ornaments may honestly signal an individual's availability of non-carotenoid antioxidants, allowing females to make adaptive mate-choice decisions... - Carotenoids, oxidative stress and female mating preference for longer lived malesThomas W Pike
Division of Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
Proc Biol Sci 274:1591-6. 2007.... - Optimization of resource allocation can explain the temporal dynamics and honesty of sexual signalsJan Lindström
Division of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
Am Nat 174:515-25. 2009..The key determinants of the honesty and dynamics of sexual signaling are the condition dependency of male survival, the initial frequency distribution of nutritional condition in the male population, and the cost of signaling... - Effect of growth compensation on subsequent physical fitness in green swordtails Xiphophorus helleriNick J Royle
Division of Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Graham Kerr Building, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
Biol Lett 2:39-42. 2006..However, they had a reduced capacity to increase endurance with training, which is more likely to relate to Darwinian fitness. Compensatory growth may thus result in important locomotor costs later in life... - A poor start in life negatively affects dominance status in adulthood independent of body size in green swordtails Xiphophorus helleriNick J Royle
Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Division of Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, Graham Kerr Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK
Proc Biol Sci 272:1917-22. 2005..This indicates that early life history and/or growth trajectory can be an important determinant of competitive ability independent of current body size... - Biochemical integration of blood redox state in captive zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata)David Costantini
Institute for Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Graham Kerr Building, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
J Exp Biol 214:1148-52. 2011..Overall, our results also suggest strong and significant integration between the oxidative state of red blood cells and plasma... - The trade-off between growth rate and locomotor performance varies with perceived time until breedingWho Seung Lee
Division of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Graham Kerr Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
J Exp Biol 213:3289-98. 2010.... - Oxidative stress as a mediator of life history trade-offs: mechanisms, measurements and interpretationPat Monaghan
Division of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Graham Kerr Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G128QQ, UK
Ecol Lett 12:75-92. 2009..We indicate throughout potentially fruitful areas for further research... - Neonatal nutrition, adult antioxidant defences and sexual attractiveness in the zebra finchJonathan D Blount
Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
Proc Biol Sci 270:1691-6. 2003..Such state-dependent trade-offs could underpin the link between early nutrition and senescence... - Green swordtails alter their age at maturation in response to the population level of male ornamentationCraig A Walling
Division of Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
Biol Lett 3:144-6. 2007.... - Experimental demonstration of the growth rate--lifespan trade-offWho Seung Lee
Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Graham Kerr Building, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
Proc Biol Sci 280:20122370. 2013..These results demonstrate the growth-lifespan trade-off. While growing more slowly can increase longevity, the optimal resolution of the growth-lifespan trade-off is influenced by time constraints in a seasonal environment... - Early nutrition and phenotypic development: 'catch-up' growth leads to elevated metabolic rate in adulthoodFrancois Criscuolo
Ornithology Group, Division of Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Graham Kerr Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
Proc Biol Sci 275:1565-70. 2008..It suggests that modification of metabolic efficiency may be one of the mechanisms mediating the observed long-term costs of accelerated growth, and indicates links between early nutrition and the metabolic syndrome... - Telomere dynamics rather than age predict life expectancy in the wildPierre Bize
Division of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
Proc Biol Sci 276:1679-83. 2009.... - Dietary carotenoid availability, sexual signalling and functional fertility in sticklebacksThomas W Pike
Division of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Graham Kerr Building, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
Biol Lett 6:191-3. 2010.... - Ecological processes in a hormetic frameworkDavid Costantini
Division of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Graham Kerr Building, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
Ecol Lett 13:1435-47. 2010.... - The effects of latitude and day length on fattening strategies of wintering coal tits Periparus ater (L.): a field study and aviary experimentVicente Polo
Departamento de Ecologia Evolutiva, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSIC, Jose Gutierrez Abascal 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain
J Anim Ecol 76:866-72. 2007..g. state-dependent) and extrinsic cues... - Large-scale geographical variation confirms that climate change causes birds to lay earlierChristiaan Both
Netherlands Institute of Ecology, PO Box 40, 6666ZG Heteren, The Netherlands
Proc Biol Sci 271:1657-62. 2004.... - Developmental plasticity and human healthPatrick Bateson
Sub Department of Animal Behaviour, University of Cambridge, High Street, Madingley, Cambridge CB3 8AA, UK
Nature 430:419-21. 2004..A fuller understanding of patterns of human plasticity in response to early nutrition and other environmental factors will have implications for the administration of public health...