Methylation‐based markers for the estimation of age in African cheetah, Acinonyx jubatus

• Published in: Molecular ecology resources Vol. 24; no. 4; pp. e13940 - n/a
• Main Authors: Le Clercq, Louis‐Stéphane, Kotzé, Antoinette, Grobler, J. Paul, Dalton, Desiré L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.05.2024; Wiley/Blackwell
• Subjects: Acinonyx - genetics; Acinonyx jubatus; African; Age; Age determination; age estimation; Aging; Animal genetics; Animals; Animals, Wild - genetics; Arrays; Base Sequence; Biodiversity and Ecology; biological clocks; biomarker; Biomarkers; cheetah; Chronology; Conservation; Correlation analysis; DNA methylation; Environmental Sciences; Epigenetics; Genes; Genetics; Humans; Life Sciences; mass array; Methylation; Morbidity; Nucleotide sequence; Senescence; Wildlife; Wildlife conservation; Year class; biological clocks; mass array; age estimation; genes; methylation; cheetah; Acinonyx jubatus; biomarker; age; African

Age is a key demographic in conservation where age classes show differences in important population metrics such as morbidity and mortality. Several traits, including reproductive potential, also show senescence with ageing. Thus, the ability to estimate age of individuals in a population is critica...