Stress exposure in early post-natal life reduces telomere length: An experimental demonstration in a long-lived seabird

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1782, 2014, Pages

  Herborn, Katherine A ^a   Heidinger, Britt J ^a,c   Boner, Winnie ^a   Noguera, Jose C ^a   Adam, Aileen ^a   Daunt, Francis ^b   Monaghan, Pat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageing; Lifespan; Phalacrocorax aristotelis; Senescence; Stress; Telomere

Indexed keywords

AGING; AVIFAUNA; CHROMOSOME; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LIFE HISTORY; LONGEVITY; PHENOTYPE; SEABIRD; SENESCENCE;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHICKEN; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETICS; MALE; MATE CHOICE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETICS; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 84898762379     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.3151     Document Type: Article

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