Variation in early-life telomere dynamics in a long-lived bird: Links to environmental conditions and survival

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 218, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 668-674

  Watson, Hannah ^a,c   Bolton, Mark ^b   Monaghan, Pat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cohort effects; Life history evolution; Senescence; Telomere dynamics; Telomere length

Indexed keywords

AVES; HYDROBATES PELAGICUS; HYDROBATINAE; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; BIRD; BLOOD; ENVIRONMENT; ERYTHROCYTE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LONGEVITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; TELOMERE; TELOMERE SHORTENING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; ENVIRONMENT; ERYTHROCYTES; LONGEVITY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TELOMERE; TELOMERE SHORTENING;

EID: 84926050941     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: 14779145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.104265     Document Type: Article

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