Publications
Publications
Phillips, E. J., & Simons, M. J. P. (2024). Dietary restriction extends lifespan across different temperatures in the fly. Functional Ecology. doi:10.1111/1365-2435.14563
Simons, M. J. P., & Dobson, A. J. (2023). The importance of reaction norms in dietary restriction and ageing research. Ageing Research Reviews, 87, 101926. doi:10.1016/j.arr.2023.101926
Drake, E. D., & Simons, M. J. P. (2023). Stochasticity explains nongenetic inheritance of lifespan and apparent trade-offs between reproduction and aging. Aging Biology, 1(1), 1-6. doi:10.59368/agingbio.20230012
Morland, F., Ewen, J. G., Simons, M. J. P., Brekke, P., & Hemmings, N. (2023). Early‐life telomere length predicts life‐history strategy and reproductive senescence in a threatened wild songbird. Molecular Ecology. doi:10.1111/mec.16981
Phillips, E. J., & Simons, M. J. P. (2023). Rapamycin not dietary restriction improves resilience against pathogens: a meta-analysis. GeroScience, 45(2), 1263-1270. doi:10.1007/s11357-022-00691-4
Winder, L. A., Simons, M. J. P., & Burke, T. (2022). The optimal clutch size revisited: separating individual quality from the costs of reproduction. eLife, doi:10.1101/2022.05.30.493969
Bennett, S., Girndt, A., Sánchez-Tójar, A., Burke, T., Simons, M. J. P., & Schroeder, J. (2022). Evidence of paternal effects on telomere length increases in early life. Frontiers in Genetics, 13. doi:10.3389/fgene.2022.880455
Gautrey, S. L., & Simons, M. J. P. (2022). Amino acid availability is not essential for lifespan extension by dietary restriction in the fly. Journals of Gerontology, Series A, 77(11), 2181-2185. doi:10.1093/gerona/glac100
Simons, M. J. P. (2021). Vaccines provide disproportional protection to the increased hospitalisation risk posed by the Delta variant of SARS-CoV2: a meta-analysis. MedRXiv: doi:10.1101/2021.12.15.21267799
Simons, M. J. P., Sebire, M., Verhulst, S., & Groothuis, T. G. G. (2021). Androgen elevation accelerates reproductive senescence in three-spined stickleback. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 9. doi:10.3389/fcell.2021.752352
McCracken, A. W., Buckle, E., & Simons, M. J. P. (2020). The relationship between longevity and diet is genotype dependent and sensitive to desiccation in Drosophila melanogaster. J Exp Biol, 223(23). doi:10.1242/jeb.230185
van Lieshout, S. H. J., Froy, H., Schroeder, J., Burke, T., Simons, M. J. P. (shared last author), & Dugdale, H. L. (2020). Slicing: a sustainable approach to structuring samples for analysis in long‐term studies. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 11(3), 418-430. doi:10.1111/2041-210x.13352
McCracken, A. W., Adams, G., Hartshorne, L., Tatar, M., & Simons, M. J. P. (2020). The hidden costs of dietary restriction: Implications for its evolutionary and mechanistic origins. Science Advances, 6(8). doi:10.1126/sciadv.aay3047
Kinsella, C. M., Ruiz-Ruano, F.J., Charles, A. J. .. Simons, M. J. P. .. Suh, A. (2019). Programmed DNA elimination of germline development genes in songbirds. Nature Communications, 10(1), doi:10.1038/s41467-019-13427-4
Simons, M. J. P., Hartshorne, L., Trooster, S., Thomson, J., & Tatar, M. (2019). Age-dependent effects of reduced mTor signalling on life expectancy through distinct physiology. BioRXiv: doi:10.1101/719096
Nenko, I., Hayward, A. D., Simons, M. J. P., & Lummaa, V. (2018). Early-life environment and differences in costs of reproduction in a preindustrial human population. PLoS ONE, 13(12), e0207236. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0207236
Tricola, G. M., Simons, M. J. P. (shared 1st author) ... Haussmann, M. F. (2018). The rate of telomere loss is related to maximum lifespan in birds. Phil Trans B, 373(1741). doi:10.1098/rstb.2016.0445
Garratt, M., Nakagawa, S., & Simons, M. J. P. (2017). Life-span Extension With Reduced Somatotrophic Signaling: Moderation of Aging Effect by Signal Type, Sex, and Experimental Cohort. Journal of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 72(12), 1620-1626. doi:10.1093/gerona/glx010
Winney, I. S., ... Simons, M. J. P., Sánchez-Tójar, A … Burke, T. (2017). Heritability and social brood effects on personality in juvenile and adult life-history stages in a wild passerine. J Evol Biol. doi:10.1111/jeb.13197
Hsu, Y. H., Simons, M. J. P., Schroeder, J., Girndt, A., Winney, I. S., Burke, T., & Nakagawa, S. (2017). Age-dependent trajectories differ between within-pair and extra-pair paternity success. J Evol Biol. doi:10.1111/jeb.13058
Stulp, G., Simons, M. J. P., Grasman, S., & Pollet, T. V. (2016). Assortative mating for human height: A meta-analysis. American Journal of Human Biology. doi:10.1002/ajhb.22917
Verhulst, S., Susser, E., Factor-Litvak, P. R., Simons, M. J. P., Benetos, A., Steenstrup, T … Aviv, A. (2016). Reliability and validity of telomere length measurements. Inter J Epidemiology, 45(4), 1298-1301. doi:10.1093/ije/dyw194
Schroeder, J., Hsu, Y. -H., Winney, I., Simons, M. J. P., Nakagawa, S., & Burke, T. (2016). Predictably Philandering Females Prompt Poor Paternal Provisioning. The American Naturalist, 188(2), 219-230. doi:10.1086/687243
Garratt, M., Nakagawa, S., & Simons, M. J. P. (2016). Comparative idiosyncrasies in life extension by reduced mTOR signalling and its distinctiveness from dietary restriction. Aging Cell, 15(4), 737-743. doi:10.1111/acel.12489
Simons, M. J. P., Briga, M., & Verhulst, S. (2016). Stabilising survival selection on pre-senescent expression of a sexual ornament followed by a terminal decline. J Evol Biol 29(7), 1368-1378. doi:10.1111/jeb.12877
Costantini, D., Edwards, D. P., & Simons, M. J. P. (2016). Life after logging in tropical forests of Borneo: A meta-analysis. Biological Conservation, 196, 182-188. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2016.02.020
Simons, M. J. P. (2015). Questioning causal involvement of telomeres in aging. Ageing Research Reviews, 24(B), 191-196. doi:10.1016/j.arr.2015.08.002
Simons, M. J. P., Winney, I., Nakagawa, S., Burke, T., & Schroeder, J. (2015). Limited catching bias in a wild population of birds with near-complete census information. Ecology and Evolution, 5(16), 3500-3506. doi:10.1002/ece3.1623
Simons, M. J. P., Groothuis, T. G. G., & Verhulst, S. (2015). An appraisal of how the vitamin A-redox hypothesis can maintain honesty of carotenoid-dependent signals. Ecology and Evolution, 5(1), 224-228. doi:10.1002/ece3.1364
Simons, M. J. P., Maia, R., Leenknegt, B., & Verhulst, S. (2014). Carotenoid-Dependent Signals and the Evolution of Plasma Carotenoid Levels in Birds. The American Naturalist, 184(6), 741-751. doi:10.1086/678402
Simons, M. J. P., Briga, M., Leenknegt, B., & Verhulst, S. (2014). Context-dependent effects of carotenoid supplementation on reproduction in zebra finches. Behavioral Ecology, 25(4), 945-950. doi:10.1093/beheco/aru062
van der Vinne, V., Simons, M. J. P., Reimert, I., & Gerkema, M. P. (2014). Temporal niche switching and reduced nest attendance in response to heat dissipation limits in lactating common voles (Microtus arvalis). Physiology & Behavior, 128, 295-302. doi:10.1016/j.physbeh.2014.01.019
van de Werken, M., Booij, S. H., van der Zwan, J. E., Simons, M. J. P., Gordijn, M. C. M., & Beersma, D. G. M. (2014). The biological clock modulates the human cortisol response in a multiplicative fashion. Chronobiology International, 31(4), 572-580. doi:10.3109/07420528.2013.868472
Simons, M. J. P., Stulp, G., & Nakagawa, S. (2014). A statistical approach to distinguish telomere elongation from error in longitudinal datasets. Biogerontology, 15(1), 99-103. doi:10.1007/s10522-013-9471-2
Simons, M. J. P., Koch, W., & Verhulst, S. (2013). Dietary restriction of rodents decreases aging rate without affecting initial mortality rate – a meta‐analysis. Aging Cell, 12(3), 410-414. doi:10.1111/acel.12061
Boonekamp, J. J., Simons, M. J. P., Hemerik, L., & Verhulst, S. (2013). Telomere length behaves as biomarker of somatic redundancy rather than biological age. Aging Cell, 12(2), 330-332. doi:10.1111/acel.12050
Simons, M. J. P., Cohen, A. A., & Verhulst, S. (2012). What Does Carotenoid-Dependent Coloration Tell? Plasma Carotenoid Level Signals Immunocompetence and Oxidative Stress State in Birds–A Meta-Analysis. PLoS ONE, 7(8), e43088. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0043088
Simons, M. J. P. et al. (2012). Bill Redness Is Positively Associated with Reproduction and Survival in Male and Female Zebra Finches. PLoS ONE, 7(7), e40721. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0040721
Simons, M. J. P., & Verhulst, S. (2011). Zebra finch females prefer males with redder bills independent of song rate—a meta-analysis. Behavioral Ecology, 22(4), 755-762. doi:10.1093/beheco/arr043
Simons, M. J. P., Reimert, I., van der Vinne, V., Hambly, C., Vaanholt, L. M., Speakman, J. R., & Gerkema, M. P. (2011). Ambient temperature shapes reproductive output during pregnancy and lactation in the common vole (Microtus arvalis): a test of the heat dissipation limit theory. J Exp Biol, 214(1), 38-49. doi:10.1242/jeb.044230
Simons, M. J. P. (2009). The Evolution of the Cyanobacterial Posttranslational Clock from a Primitive “Phoscillator”. Journal of Biological Rhythms, 24(3), 175-182. doi:10.1177/0748730409333953