Y. (Yuheng) Sun

PhD student

Faculteit Science and Engineering

Telefoon:

06 3097 9752

E-mail:

y.sun rug.nl

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Research interests

PhD project: Inter-generational ageing in house sparrows

Reproducing at old age has fitness disadvantages in progeny, this inter-generational ageing effect is critical for the evolution of late reproduction and longevity. However, the mechanism(s) underlying this effect remain unknown. I will use a wild, insular house sparrow population to tackle this question. In particular, I will focus on telomere lengths and early-life environmental conditions and their relationship with the inter-generational ageing effect.

Publicaties

Parental age effects on offspring telomere length across vertebrates: A meta-analysis

Vlasova, M., Sun, Y., Chik, H. Y. J. & Dugdale, H. L., jan-2026, In: Molecular Ecology. 35, 2, 18 blz., e70215.

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Long-term fitness effects of the early-life environment in a wild bird population

Sun, Y., Burke, T. A., Dugdale, H. L. & Schroeder, J., sep-2025, In: Behavioral Ecology. 36, 5, 10 blz., araf097.

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Calls of Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus contain individual signatures

Sun, Y., Dunning, J., Taylor, T., Schroeder, J. & Anne Zollinger, S., mei-2024, In: Journal of Avian Biology. 2024, 5-6, 9 blz., e03170.

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Contrasting carbon cycle along tropical forest aridity gradients in West Africa and Amazonia

Zhang-Zheng, H., Adu-Bredu, S., Duah-Gyamfi, A., Moore, S., Addo-Danso, S. D., Amissah, L., Valentini, R., Djagbletey, G., Anim-Adjei, K., Quansah, J., Sarpong, B., Owusu-Afriyie, K., Gvozdevaite, A., Tang, M., Ruiz-Jaen, M. C., Ibrahim, F., Girardin, C. A. J., Rifai, S., Dahlsjö, C. A. L. & Riutta, T., Deng, X., Sun, Y., Prentice, I. C., Oliveras Menor, I. & Malhi, Y., 11-apr-2024, In: Nature Communications. 15, 1, 9 blz., 3158.

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