Predictors of telomere content in dragon lizards

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 661-664

  Ballen, Cissy ^a   Healey, Mo ^a   Wilson, Mark ^b   Tobler, Michael ^a   Olsson, Mats ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lizard; Reactive oxygen species; Superoxide; Telomere; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

SUPEROXIDE;

ANTIOXIDANT; DNA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; LIGNIN; LIZARD; OXIDATION; OXIDE; OXYGEN; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PREDICTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; GENETICS; LIZARD; TELOMERE; TELOMERE SHORTENING;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; LIZARDS; SUPEROXIDES; TELOMERE; TELOMERE SHORTENING;

AUSTRALIA;

CTENOPHORUS PICTUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84866256294     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-012-0941-1     Document Type: Article

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