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This research investigates how parental and grandparental ages affect the lifespan and reproductive success of house sparrows in the wild. By analyzing long-term data, it aims to uncover the role of epigenetic factors in the evolution of longevity.
Why do organisms age?
This is one of the big, unsolved questions in biology, because it is unclear how a process that decreases fitness can persist evolutionarily, and why species do not evolve to live longer.
Many evolutionary theories have been suggested to explain, but it is likely that multiple factors contribute to the phenomenon.
One potentially very important factor has been largely ignored: transgenerational epigenetic effects of senescence.
Epigenetic effects can strongly affect the pre…
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