Age-independent telomere length predicts fitness in two bird species

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1681-1687

  Pauliny, Angela ^a,c   Wagner, Richard H ^a   Augustin, Jakob ^a   Szép, Tibor ^b,d   Blomqvist, Donald ^a,c  

^a KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR ETHOLOGY   (Austria)

^b Department of Agricultural Sciences and Environmental Management   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d University of Gothenburg ^*

Author keywords

Biological age; Lifetime reproductive success; Longevity; Quality indicator; Relative telomere length; Telomere shortening

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CHARADRIIFORMES; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LONGEVITY; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTION; SWALLOW (BIRD); TELOMERE;

AGE FACTORS; BODY SIZE; CHARADRIIFORMES; LONGEVITY; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTION; SWALLOWS; TELOMERE;

AVES; CALIDRIS ALPINA; EUKARYOTA; RIPARIA RIPARIA;

EID: 33645942758     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.02862.x     Document Type: Article

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