An experimental demonstration that early-life competitive disadvantage accelerates telomere loss

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 282, Issue 1798, 2015, Pages

  Nettle, Daniel ^a   Monaghan, Pat ^b   Gillespie, Robert ^b   Brilot, Ben ^a,c   Bedford, Thomas ^a   Bateson, Melissa ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Early life adversity; Early life stress; Oxidative stress; Starlings; Sturnus vulgaris; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DIVERGENCE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PASSERINE; PLASMA; SURVIVAL;

AGING; ANIMAL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; STARLING; TELOMERE SHORTENING; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGING; ANIMALS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; STARLINGS; TELOMERE SHORTENING;

AVES; STURNIDAE; STURNUS VULGARIS;

EID: 84923902309     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.1610     Document Type: Article

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