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Department of Biological & Environmental SciencesAbout Mats Olsson
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Professor, Animal ecology
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The effects of costly telomere maintenance on lifespan: reproductive tradeoffs in sand
lizards
Mats Olsson, Emily Miller, Nicky Rollings, Mette Lillie, Joshua Hufton, Alexander Hansson, Erik Wapstra
EVOLUTION - 2025 -
Sex and early-life conditions shape telomere dynamics in an
ectotherm
Alexander Hansson, Erik Wapstra, Geoffrey M. While, Mats Olsson
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY - 2024 -
Context-dependent thermolability of sex determination in a lacertid lizard with heteromorphic sex
chromosomes
Alexander Hansson, E. Wapstra, G. While, Willow Lindsay, Mats Olsson
Biology Open - 2023 -
Effect of MHC and inbreeding on disassortative reproduction: A data revisit, extension and inclusion of fertilization in sand
lizards
Badreddine Bererhi, P. Duchesne, T. S. Schwartz, B. Ujvari, E. Wapstra, Mats Olsson
Ecology and Evolution - 2023 -
Limited effects of inbreeding on breeding
coloration
Badreddine Bererhi, Willow Lindsay, T. S. Schwartz, E. Wapstra, Mats Olsson
Journal of Heredity - 2023 -
Quantitative genetics of breeding coloration in sand lizards; genic capture unlikely to maintain additive genetic
variance
Willow Lindsay, Badreddine Bererhi, G. Ljungstroem, E. Wapstra, Mats Olsson
Heredity - 2023 -
Inbreeding effects on telomeres in hatchling sand lizards (Lacerta agilis): An optimal family
affair?
Mats Olsson, Badreddine Bererhi, E. Miller, T. Schwartz, N. Rollings, Willow Lindsay, E. Wapstra
Molecular Ecology - 2022 -
How telomere dynamics are influenced by the balance between mitochondrial efficiency, reactive oxygen species production and DNA
damage
Neil Metcalfe, Mats Olsson
Molecular Ecology - 2021 -
Of telomeres and temperature: measuring thermal effects on telomeres in ectothermic
animals
Christopher Friesen, Erik Wapstra, Mats Olsson
Molecular Ecology - 2021 -
Exercise training has morph-specific effects on telomere, body condition and growth dynamics in a color-polymorphic
lizard
C. R. Friesen, M. Wilson, N. Rollings, J. Sudyka, M. Giraudeau, C. M. Whittington, Mats Olsson
Journal of Experimental Biology - 2021 -
Individual telomere dynamics and their links to life history in a viviparous
lizard
L. J. Fitzpatrick, Mats Olsson, Angela Pauliny, G. M. While, E. Wapstra
Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences - 2021 -
Sperm competition in squamate
reptiles
Christopher Friesen, Ariel Kahrl, Mats Olsson
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences - 2020 -
Degrees of change: between and within population variation in thermal reaction norms of phenology in a viviparous
lizard
G. D. Cunningham, G. M. While, Mats Olsson, G. Ljungstrom, E. Wapstra
Ecology - 2020 -
Telomere length varies substantially between blood cell types in a
reptile
Mats Olsson, N. J. Geraghty, E. Wapstra, M. Wilson
Royal Society Open Science - 2020 -
Long term effects of outbreeding: experimental founding of island population eliminates malformations and improves hatching success in sand
lizards
Willow Lindsay, T. Madsen, E. Wapstra, Mette Lillie, Lisa Loeb, B. Ujvari, Mats Olsson
Biological Conservation - 2020 -
Vitellogenin offsets oxidative costs of reproduction in female painted dragon
lizards
Willow Lindsay, C. R. Friesen, Carina Sihlbom, Jörgen Bergström, Evelin Berger, M. R. Wilson, Mats Olsson
Journal of Experimental Biology - 2020 -
The role of oxidative stress in postcopulatory
selection.
Chris Friesen, Daniel Noble, Mats Olsson
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences - 2020 -
Stress-related changes in leukocyte profiles and telomere shortening in the shortest-lived tetrapod, Furcifer
labordi
Falk Eckhardt, Angela Pauliny, Nicky Rollings, Frank Mutschmann, Mats Olsson, Cornelia Kraus, Peter M. Kappeler
BMC Evolutionary Biology - 2020 -
Covariation in superoxide, sperm telomere length and sperm velocity in a polymorphic
reptile
C. R. Friesen, N. Rollings, M. Wilson, C. M. Whittington, R. Shine, Mats Olsson
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology - 2020 -
Contrasting seasonal patterns of telomere dynamics in response to environmental conditions in the ectothermic sand lizard, Lacerta
agilis
Jannike Axelsson, E. Wapstra, E. Miller, N. Rollings, Mats Olsson
Scientific Reports - 2020 -
Endless forms of sexual
selection
Willow Lindsay, Staffan Andersson, Badreddine Bererhi, J. Hoglund, A. Johnsen, Charlotta Kvarnemo, E. H. Leder, J. T. Lifjeld, Calum E. Ninnes, Mats Olsson, G. A. Parker, T. Pizzari, A. Qvarnstrom, R. J. Safran, O. Svensson, S. V. Edwards
PeerJ - 2019 -
The relationship of body condition, superoxide dismutase, and superoxide with sperm
performance
C. R. Friesen, S. P. de Graaf, Mats Olsson
Behavioral Ecology - 2019 -
Sex- And tissue-specific differences in telomere length in a
reptile
N. Rollings, C. R. Friesen, C. M. Whittington, Rasmus Johansson, R. Shine, Mats Olsson
Ecology and Evolution - 2019 -
Inconsistent inbreeding effects during lizard
ontogeny
Badreddine Bererhi, E. Wapstra, T. S. Schwartz, Mats Olsson
Conservation Genetics - 2019 -
Temperature and telomeres: thermal treatment influences telomere dynamics through a complex interplay of cellular processes in a cold-climate
skink
L. J. Fitzpatrick, Mats Olsson, L. M. Parsley, Angela Pauliny, T. L. Pinfold, T. Pirtle, G. M. While, E. Wapstra
Oecologia - 2019 -
Tail loss and telomeres: consequences of large-scale tissue regeneration in a terrestrial
ectotherm
L. J. Fitzpatrick, Mats Olsson, L. M. Parsley, Angela Pauliny, G. M. While, E. Wapstra
Biology Letters - 2019 -
How accurately do behavioural observations predict reproductive success in free-ranging
lizards?
Mats Olsson, T. S. Schwartz, E. Wapstra, R. Shine
Biology Letters - 2019 -
Effects of male telomeres on probability of paternity in sand
lizards
Angela Pauliny, E. Miller, N. Rollings, E. Wapstra, Donald Blomqvist, C. R. Friesen, Mats Olsson
Biology Letters - 2018 -
MHC diversity and female age underpin reproductive success in an Australian icon; the Tasmanian
Devil
T. Russell, S. Lisovski, Mats Olsson, G. Brown, R. Spindler, A. Lane, T. Keeley, C. Hibbard, C. J. Hogg, F. Thomas, K. Belov, B. Ujvari, T. Madsen
Scientific Reports - 2018 -
Evolutionary ecology of telomeres: a
review
Mats Olsson, E. Wapstra, C. R. Friesen
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 2018 -
Seasonal shifts along the oviparity-viviparity continuum in a cold-climate lizard
population
R. Shine, E. Wapstra, Mats Olsson
Journal of Evolutionary Biology - 2018 -
Long-term effects of superoxide and DNA repair on lizard
telomeres.
Mats Olsson, Christopher R Friesen, Nicky Rollings, Joanna Sudyka, Willow Lindsay, Camilla M Whittington, Mark Wilson
Molecular ecology - 2018 -
Incubation temperature and parental identity determine sex in the Australian agamid lizard Ctenophorus
pictus
Alexander Hansson, Mats Olsson
Ecology and Evolution - 2018 -
The influence of incubation temperature on phenotype of Australian Painted Dragons (Ctenophorus
pictus)
Alexander Hansson, Mats Olsson
Herpetologica - 2018 -
Ectothermic telomeres: It’s time they came in from the
cold
Mats Olsson, E. Wapstra, C. Friesen
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences - 2018 -
Age-related sex differences in body condition and telomere dynamics of red-sided garter
snakes
N. Rollings, E. J. Uhrig, R. W. Krohmer, H. L. Waye, R. T. Mason, Mats Olsson, C. M. Whittington, C. R. Friesen
Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences - 2017 -
Conditional handicaps in exuberant lizards: Bright color in aggressive males is correlated with high levels of free
radicals
Christopher R. Friesen, Mark R. Wilson, Nicky Rollings, Joanna Sudyka, Camilla M. Whittington, Mathieu Giraudeau, Mats Olsson
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution - 2017 -
Morph-specific metabolic rate and the timing of reproductive senescence in a color polymorphic
dragon
C. R. Friesen, Rasmus Johansson, Mats Olsson
Journal of Experimental Zoology Part a-Ecological and Integrative Physiology - 2017 -
Sexual coloration and sperm performance in the Australian painted dragon lizard, Ctenophorus
pictus
C. S. McDiarmid, C. R. Friesen, C. Ballen, Mats Olsson
J Evol Biol - 2017 -
Corticosterone: a costly mediator of signal honesty in sand
lizards
Willow Lindsay, E. Wapstra, Bengt Silverin, Mats Olsson
Ecology and Evolution - 2016 -
Selection and constraints on offspring size-number trade-offs in sand lizards (Lacerta
agilis)
Gabriella Ljungström, M. Stjernstedt, E. Wapstra, Mats Olsson
Journal of Evolutionary Biology - 2016 -
Polyandry and female post-copulatory
choice
C. Friesen, Mats Olsson
Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Biology. Kliman, R. (red.) - 2016 -
Developmental plasticity in an unusual animal: the effects of incubation temperature on behavior in
chameleons
C. Ballen, R. Shine, Mats Olsson
Behaviour - 2015 -
The more pieces, the better puzzle: sperm concentration increases gametic
compitability
C. D. H. Sherman, E.S. Ab Rahmin, Mats Olsson, V. Careau
Ecology and Evolution - 2015 -
No Interstitial Telomeres on Autosomes but Remarkable Amplification of Telomeric Repeats on the W Sex Chromosome in the Sand Lizard (Lacerta
agilis)
K. Matsubara, Y. Uno, K. Srikulnath, Y. Matsuda, E. Miller, Mats Olsson
Journal of Heredity - 2015 -
Sand lizard (Lacerta agilis) phenology in a warming
world
Gabriella Ljungström, E. Wapstra, Mats Olsson
Bmc Evolutionary Biology - 2015 -
Oxidant trade-offs in immunity: an experimental test in a
lizard
M. Tobler, C. Ballen, M. Healey, M. Wilson, Mats Olsson
PLoS ONE - 2015 -
Telomeric attrition with age and temperature in Eastern mosquitofish (Gambusia
holbrooki).
N. Rollings, E. Miller, Mats Olsson
Die Naturwissenschaften - 2014 -
Measuring telomere length and telomere dynamics in evolutionary biology and
ecology.
D.H. Nussey, D. Baird, E. Barrett, W. Boner, J. Fairlie, N. Gemmell, T. Horn, M. Haussman, Mats Olsson, C. Turbill, S. Verhulst, S. Zahn, P. Monaghan
Methods in Ecology and Evolution - 2014 -
Effects of early social isolation on the behaviour and performance of juvenile lizards (Chamaeleo
calyptratus).
C. Ballen, R. Shine, Mats Olsson
Animal Behaviour - 2014
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