Why are there associations between telomere length and behaviour?
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Individual differences in telomere length are associated with individual differences in behaviour in humans and birds. Within the human epidemiological literature this association is assumed to result from specific behaviour patterns causing changes in telomere dynamics. We argue that selective adoption—the hypothesis that individuals with short telomeres are more likely to adopt specific behaviours—is an alternative worthy of consideration. Selective adoption could occur either because telomere length directly affects behaviour or because behaviour and telomere length are both affected by a third variable, such as exposure to early-life adversity. We present differential predictions of the causation and selective adoption hypotheses and describe how these could be tested with longitudinal data on telomere length. Crucially, if behaviour is causal then it should be associated with differential rates of telomere attrition. Using smoking behaviour as an example, we show that the evidence that smoking accelerates the rate of telomere attrition within individuals is currently weak. We conclude that the selective adoption hypothesis for the association between behaviour and telomere length is both mechanistically plausible and, if anything, more compatible with existing empirical evidence than the hypothesis that behaviour is causal. This article is part of the theme issue ‘Understanding diversity in telomere dynamics’.
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The behavioral causation model proposes that psychopathology leads to telomere erosion over time.
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The selective adoption model proposes that shorter telomere length predisposes individuals to later psychopathology.
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- Authors
- Bateson, M., & Nettle, D.
- Affiliations
- Newcastle University (GB)
- Venue
- Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
- Publisher
- The Royal Society
- Published
- 2018-01-15
- Volume
- 373
- Issue
- 1741
- Pages
- 20160438
- ISSN
- 0962-8436 (ISSN-L)
- 1471-2970
- PMC
- PMC5784059
- OpenAlex
- W2784103094
- Cited by
- 61
- References
- 116
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 11 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 11 · 2016: 1
- FWCI
- 6.19
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Newcastle University ePrints (Newcastle Univesity)
- Funders
- H2020 European Research Council (AdG 666669)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Aging › Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
- Keywords
- telomere length, individual differences in behavior, telomere shortening, smoking, childhood adversity, causal direction, birds, human
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Behavior, Birds, Humans, Leukocytes, Longitudinal Studies, Models, Theoretical, Smoking, Telomere, Telomere Shortening
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