Within the genome, long telomeres are more informative than short telomeres with respect to fitness components in a long-lived seabird

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 300-310

  Bauch, Christina ^a   Becker, Peter H ^a   Verhulst, Simon ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ageing; Birds; Life history; Lifestyle; Reproduction; Selective disappearance

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AGING; ANIMAL; CELL AGING; CHARADRIIFORMES; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; GENETICS; LONGEVITY; MALE; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; TELOMERE; TELOMERE SHORTENING;

AGING; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL AGING; CHARADRIIFORMES; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; GENETIC FITNESS; LONGEVITY; MALE; TELOMERE; TELOMERE SHORTENING;

EID: 84891756277     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12602     Document Type: Article

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