Sure, but we have way more research on this already, from humans: http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/jez.b.20006 http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/jez.b.20006 Stindl, Rei

Sure, but we have way more research on this already, from humans: http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/jez.b.20006 http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/jez.b.20006 Stindl, Reinhard - Is telomere erosion a mechanism of species extinction? (2004) http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s00114-014-1152-8 http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s00114-014-1152-8 Stindl, Reinhard - The telomeric sync model of speciation: species-wide telomere erosion triggers cycles of transposon-mediated genomic rearrangements, which underlie the saltatory appearance of nonadaptive characters (2014) http://molecularcytogenetics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13039-016-0224-1 http://molecularcytogenetics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1... Stindl, Reinhard - The paradox of longer sperm telomeres in older men’s testes: a birth-cohort effect caused by transgenerational telomere erosion in the female germline (2016) more here: http://telomere.at/publications.html http://telomere.at/publications.html also some old-as-fuck news coverage (2004): https://www.theguardian.com/education/2004/apr/08/science.highereducation https://www.theguardian.com/education/2004/apr/08/science.hi... https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg18224421.400-chromosome-clock-ticks-out-our-fate/ https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg18224421.400-chromoso... oh and, a letter where Stindl outlines the problem in detail: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Reinhard_Stindl/publication/280049041_The_reanalysis_of_three_large_datasets_uncovers_progressive_telomere_erosion_between_healthy_human_generations_and_supports_an_11-year-old_model_of_telomere-driven_macroevolution/links/55a5467808ae81aec9134810.pdf https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Reinhard_Stindl/publica... Stindl, Reinhard - The reanalysis of three large datasets uncovers progressive telomere erosion between healthy human generations and supports an 11-year-old model of telomere-driven macroevolution (2015) I find it EXTREMELY strange that the OP paper cites NONE of these papers. Like, what the hell?