Class Species Sample size Studied parental effects Telomere method Parental age effect (- / +)
Teleost fish
Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)67
84 HSF
M & P
qPCR (RTL)
Complex Pfry (+)
Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)68
60 HSF
M & P
qPCR (RTL)
Complex Pfry (-)
Reptiles Sand lizard (Lacerta agilis)12 Nsons=12 P TRF (TL in bp) Psons(-)
Birds
Great reed warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus)18
Nind=139 Nbroods=46
M & P
qPCR (RTL)
M (+)
European shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)27
Nind=311 Nbroods=134
M & P
qPCR (RTL) and ΔRTL
M ΔRTLoffspring (-) P ΔRTLoffspring (-)
Alpine swift (Apus melba)13
Nind=95 Nbroods=54 M & P biological and foster
qPCR (RTL)
Pbiological (-) Mfoster (-)
Zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata)42
Nind=139 NHSbroods=64
P
qPCR (RTL)
P (-)
 Black-browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys)69 Nind=51 Mean M & P TRF (TL in bp) Par (+)
Common tern (Sterna hirundo)70 N=142 M & P TRF (TL in bp) P (-)
Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)10
Nind=715 Nnests=298 Nind=61 Nnests=31 M & P biological and foster
TRF (TL in bp)
Pbiol (-)
Common gull (Larus canus)Curr. study
Nind=72 Nnests=40
M & P
qPCR (RTL and ΔRTL)
No effect
Mammals Soay sheep (Ovis aries)28 Nind=318 M & P qPCR (RTL) No effect
Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes)71 Nind=40 P qPCR (RTL) P (+)