• Actuarial senescence in a long-lived orchid challenges our current understanding of ageing 

      Dahlgren, Johan P.; Colchero, Fernando; Jones, Owen R.; Øien, Dag Inge; Moen, Asbjørn; Sletvold, Nina (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      The dominant evolutionary theory of actuarial senescence—an increase in death rate with advancing age—is based on the concept of a germ cell line that is separated from the somatic cells early in life. However, such a ...
    • Actuarial senescence progresses similarly across sites and species in four boreal orchids 

      Tholstrup, Ditte Wiig; Sletvold, Nina; Øien, Dag-Inge; Moen, Asbjørn; Colchero, Fernando; Dahlgren, Johan Petter (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
      1. Whole-plant senescence, defined as a decrease in individual fitness as an organism grows older, has often been assumed to not occur in plants; however, it has now been detected in a range of plant taxa. Still, reported ...