Research output per year
Research output per year
One of the most profound challenges we all face is that we deteriorate with age – a process known as senescence. Individuals clearly senesce differently, but our understanding of how and why individuals senesce in such different ways remains limited. For example, we do not yet know what factors cause the high levels of variation in senescence observed among individuals. We do not fully comprehend what drives the evolution of senescence – what trade-offs underlie senescence, and what are the patterns of selection on senescence? This is important as senescence impacts not only on the health and fitness of individuals but also on that of their offspring, with wide-spread consequences for mate-choice, life- histories, selection, demography and medicine.
Our group takes a comprehensive and integrative approach to investigate why individual variation in senescence evolved and is maintained, a variety of long-term mammalian, including human, and bird datasets. We are assessing how key variables, including environmental, social, (non-genetic) intergenerational, and genetic effects impact individual senescence. This will provide critical insight into the interacting roles of these key components in determining the processes and trade-offs that underpin patterns of senescence. Importantly, we are also investigating selection on senescence using genomic markers. This knowledge is vital to understand the evolution of senescence. This research will identify factors that impact negatively on senescence so that individuals can potentially live in good health for longer.
Person: Scientific Staff
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › Academic
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Hannah Dugdale (Member)
Activity: Membership › Academic
Marianthi Tangili (Speaker)
Activity: Talk and presentation › Academic presentation › Academic
Frigg Speelman (Speaker), Simon C. Griffith (Contributor), David S. Richardson (Contributor) & Hannah Dugdale (Contributor)
Activity: Talk and presentation › Academic presentation › Academic
Busana, M. (Creator), Weissing, F. (Creator), Hammers, M. (Creator), Bakker, J. (Creator), Dugdale, H. (Creator), Raj Pant, S. (Creator), Richardson, D. S. (Creator), Burke, T. A. (Creator) & Komdeur, J. (Creator), University of Groningen, 4-Nov-2021
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.jm63xsjc6 , https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.jm63xsjc6
Dataset
Sparks, A. (Contributor), Hammers, M. (Contributor), Komdeur, J. (Contributor), Burke, T. (Contributor), Richardson, D. (Contributor) & Dugdale, H. (Contributor), DRYAD, 17-Oct-2022
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.7d7wm37zc, https://zenodo.org/record/7216855
Dataset
Davies, C. S. (Contributor), Worsley, S. F. (Contributor), Maher, K. H. (Contributor), Komdeur, J. (Contributor), Burke, T. (Contributor), Dugdale, H. (Contributor) & Richardson, D. S. (Contributor), figshare Academic Research System, 8-Mar-2022
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.19321379.v1
Dataset
14/11/2022
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities › Popular
12/11/2021
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities › Academic
06/10/2021
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities › Academic
Verhulst, S., Dugdale, H., Palsboll, P. & Tangili, M.
01/08/2020 → 01/08/2024
Project: Research
Dugdale, Hannah (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively › Academic
Dugdale, Hannah (Recipient), 13-Feb-2012
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively › Academic