Telomere length in early life predicts lifespan

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1743-1748

  Heidinger, Britt J ^a   Blount, Jonathan D ^a,b   Boner, Winnie ^a   Griffiths, Kate ^a   Metcalfe, Neil B ^a   Monaghan, Pat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Bird; Senescence; Taeniopygia guttata

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MALE; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; POEPHILA CASTANOTIS; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA; TELOMERE; TELOMERE LENGTH;

ANIMALS; FINCHES; LIFE EXPECTANCY; TELOMERE;

AVES; EUKARYOTA; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 84857129282     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1113306109     Document Type: Article

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