Stephanie Berry
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Stephanie Berry
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1st year PhD Student looking at sex differences in the evolution of ageing in Caenorhabditis species | Maklakov Lab | UEA
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Walking with purpose. (The purpose is caffeine.)

#MondayMotivation
November 24, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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1/6 In a new preprint we ask a question:

Why do males and females so often age and die at different rates?

We argue that sex-specific mutation accumulation may be the most parsimonious evolutionary explanation for sex-biased ageing:

ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
Sex-specific mutation accumulation: A parsimonious explanation for sex differences in lifespan and ageing
ecoevorxiv.org
November 19, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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November 11, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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🪰🧪 now out in @evolletters.bsky.social, social environmental effects on Drosophila lifespan and reproductive senescence mean females not males "live fast, die young"! Work led by Lauren Harrison and Tracey Chapman, with @alexeimaklakov.bsky.social, funded by BBSRC @ukri.org doi.org/10.1093/evle...
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November 11, 2025 at 9:49 AM