Lind lab

Life history evolution, environmental heterogeneity and ageing

We are interested in life history evolution in general, and our current research is focused around two connected themes:

(1) Evolution of inheritance systems (phenotypic plasticity, parental and epigenetic inheritance) during adaptation to heterogeneous environments, with a recent focus on the interplay between plasticity and adaptation.

(2) The role of life-history trade-offs during the evolution of long lifespan, including lifespan extension.

We investigate these questions using experimental evolution, artificial selection, pharmaceutical and genetic manipulations in the powerful Caenorhabditis remanei and C. elegans nematode model systems.

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Group members

Research leader: Martin Lind

Group members: Martyna Zwoinska, Varvara Paida

Publications

Temperature-induced compensatory growth in C. elegans is regulated by thermosensitive TRP channel and increases reproductive fitness

Sekajova, Zuzana; Rosa, Elena; Spagopoulou, Foteini; Zervakis, Panagiotis et al.

Part of Functional Ecology, p. 2176-2187, 2022
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Rising temperatures threaten pollinators of fig trees-Keystone resources of tropical forests

van Kolfschoten, Lisette; Duck, Lovisa; Lind, Martin I.; Jandér, K. Charlotte

Part of Ecology and Evolution, 2022
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Beneficial cumulative effects of old parental age on offspring fitness

Travers, Laura M.; Carlsson, Hanne; Lind, Martin I.; Maklakov, Alexei A.

Part of Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences, 2021
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Cost-free lifespan extension via optimization of gene expression in adulthood aligns with the developmental theory of ageing

Lind, Martin I.; Carlsson, Hanne; Duxbury, Elizabeth M. L.; Ivimey-Cook, Edward et al.

Part of Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences, 2021
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Should females prefer old males?

Segami, Julia Carolina; Lind, Martin I.; Qvarnström, Anna

Part of Evolution Letters, p. 507-520, 2021
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Dietary Restriction Improves Fitness of Aging Parents But Reduces Fitness of Their Offspring in Nematodes

Mautz, Brian S.; Lind, Martin I.; Maklakov, Alexei A.

Part of The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences, p. 843-848, 2020
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Parental effects influence life history traits and covary with an environmental cline in common frog populations

Rowinski, Piotr K.; Laurila, Anssi; Gotthard, Karl; Sowersby, Will et al.

Part of Oecologia, p. 1013-1022, 2020
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Silver-spoon upbringing improves early-life fitness but promotes reproductive ageing in a wild bird

Spagopoulou, Foteini; Teplitsky, Céline; Chantepie, Stéphane; Lind, Martin I. et al.

Part of Ecology Letters, p. 994-1002, 2020
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Environmental variation mediates the evolution of anticipatory parental effects

Lind, Martin I.; Zwoinska, Martyna K.; Andersson, Johan; Carlsson, Hanne et al.

Part of Evolution Letters, p. 371-381, 2020
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Kin but less than kind: within-group male relatedness does not increase female fitness in seed beetles

Berg, Elena C.; Lind, Martin I.; Monahan, Shannon; Bricout, Sophie et al.

Part of Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences, p. 1471-2954, 2019
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Research areas

Animal Ecology