Nestling telomere length does not predict longevity, but covaries with adult body size in wild barn swallows

Biology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Caprioli, Manuela ^a   Romano, Maria ^a   Romano, Andrea ^a   Rubolini, Diego ^a   Motta, Rosita ^b   Folini, Marco ^b   Saino, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Body size; Longevity; Nestlings sex; Telomere length

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BODY SIZE; CHROMOSOME; FECUNDITY; HATCHING; LONGEVITY; MORTALITY; NESTLING; PASSERINE; WILD POPULATION;

AVES; HIRUNDO; HIRUNDO RUSTICA;

EID: 84882767746     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2013.0340     Document Type: Article

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