Telomeres, age and reproduction in a long-lived reptile

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Plot, Virginie ^a,b   Criscuolo, François ^a,b   Zahn, Sandrine ^a,b   Georges, Jean Yves ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

ADULT ANIMAL; AGE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FORAGING; FRANCE; HATCHLING; NESTING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POPULATION MIGRATION; PREDICTION; REPRODUCTION; REPTILE; SURVIVAL; TELOMERE;

ANIMALS; CLUTCH SIZE; DNA; FEMALE; FRENCH GUIANA; LONGEVITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCTION; TELOMERE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; TURTLES;

DERMOCHELYIDAE; DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84863770775     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040855     Document Type: Article

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