Sex-specific body mass ageing trajectories in adult Asian elephants
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2022)
摘要
In species with marked sexual dimorphism and where one sex undergoes stronger intrasexual competition, that sex is expected to age earlier or quicker. Here, we utilise a unique, longitudinal dataset of a semi-captive population of Asian elephants ( Elephas maximus ), a species with marked male-biased intrasexual competition, with males being larger and living shorter, and test the hypothesis that males show earlier and/or faster body mass ageing than females. We show sex-specific body mass ageing trajectories: adult males gained weight up to the age of 48 years old, followed by a decrease in body mass until natural death. In contrast, adult females gained body mass with age until a body mass decline in the last year of life. Our study shows that sex-specific life-histories shape ageing patterns, consistent with the predictions of the classical theory of ageing.
### Competing Interest Statement
The authors have declared no competing interest.
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ageing,sex-specific
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