The use of telomere length in ecology and evolutionary biology

Heredity

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 497-506

  Horn, T ^a   Robertson, B C ^a,b   Gemmell, N J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

ageing; ecology; Q PCR; telomere; telomere length; TRF

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AGING POPULATION; FITNESS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LITERATURE REVIEW; MEASUREMENT METHOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

AGING; ANIMAL; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; REVIEW; TELOMERE;

AGING; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ECOLOGY; HUMANS; TELOMERE;

EID: 78649317820     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2010.113     Document Type: Review

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