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| Pat MonaghanSummaryAffiliation: University of Glasgow Country: UK Publications
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Compensatory growth impairs adult cognitive performanceMichael O Fisher
Division of Environmental Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
PLoS Biol 4:e251. 2006....
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...
Early growth conditions, phenotypic development and environmental changePat Monaghan
Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 363:1635-45. 2008..I examine evidence from mechanistic and functional avian studies and highlight the general areas where we lack key information...
Telomeres and life histories: the long and the short of itPat Monaghan
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1206:130-42. 2010....
Do telomere dynamics link lifestyle and lifespan?Pat Monaghan
Division of Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Glasgow University, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
Trends Ecol Evol 21:47-53. 2006..Here, we discuss what is currently known about the factors influencing telomere regulation, and how this relates to fundamental questions about the relationship between lifestyle and lifespan...
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....
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...
Telomere length in early life predicts lifespanBritt J Heidinger
College of Medical, Veterinary, and Life Sciences, Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health, and Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 109:1743-8. 2012..Our results provide the strongest evidence available of the relationship between telomere length and lifespan and emphasize the importance of understanding factors that determine early life telomere length...
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....
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...
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...
A comparison of dynamic-state-dependent models of the trade-off between growth, damage, and reproductionWho Seung Lee
Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health, and Comparative Medicine, College of Medical, Veterinary, and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
Am Nat 178:774-86. 2011..g., through predation) being more important than the cost of increased physiological damage...
Telomere loss in relation to age and early environment in long-lived birdsMargaret E Hall
Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
Proc Biol Sci 271:1571-6. 2004..Early conditions, possibly through their effects on oxidative stress, appear to play an important role in telomere attrition and thus potentially in the longevity of individuals...
The effect of maternal state on the steroid and macronutrient content of lesser black-backed gull eggsNanette Verboven
Division of Cell Sciences, Institute of Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow Veterinary School, 464 Bearsden Road, Glasgow G61 1QH, Scotland, United Kingdom
Physiol Biochem Zool 83:1009-22. 2010....
Resource allocation between reproductive phases: the importance of thermal conditions in determining the cost of incubationJ M Reid
Division of Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, University of Glasgow, UK
Proc Biol Sci 267:37-41. 2000....
Maternal condition, yolk androgens and offspring performance: a supplemental feeding experiment in the lesser black-backed gull (Larus fuscus)Nanette Verboven
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 270:2223-32. 2003....
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...
For better or worse: reduced adult lifespan following early-life stress is transmitted to breeding partnersPat Monaghan
College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
Proc Biol Sci 279:709-14. 2012..Our results clearly show that increased exposure to glucocorticoids early in life can markedly reduce adult life expectancy, and that pairing with such exposed partners carries an additional and substantial lifespan penalty...
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 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....
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...
Female starlings adjust primary sex ratio in response to aromatic plants in the nestVicente Polo
Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Glasgow University, UK
Proc Biol Sci 271:1929-33. 2004..This demonstrates that the green material, whose function has long puzzled biologists, conveys important information to the female and that she facultatively adjusts offspring production accordingly...
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...
