Phenotypic temperature

Phenotypic temperature is associated with initial mortality and Gompertz exponent in dogs.

“actuarial aging parameters (initial mortality and the Gompertz exponent) are strongly temperature dependent.”

AnimalsThermodynamic model of canine aging

Thermodynamic scaling of canine aging and reversible clock deceleration by a reverse transcriptase inhibitor

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)·12 Feb 2026Preprint