Sex-dependent effects of nutrition on telomere dynamics in zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata)

Biology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Noguera, Jose C ^a   Metcalfe, Neil B ^a   Boner, Winnie ^a   Monaghan, Pat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Antioxidants; Diet; Oxidative stress; Sexual maturation

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; ANTIOXIDANT; CHROMOSOME; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OXIDATION; PASSERINE; SENESCENCE; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL MATURITY;

TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

ANTIOXIDANT; TRACE ELEMENT;

AGING; ANIMAL; DEFICIENCY; DIET; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUAL MATURATION; SONGBIRD; TELOMERE;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; DIET; FEMALE; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL MATURATION; SONGBIRDS; TELOMERE;

EID: 84929107461     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2014.0938     Document Type: Article

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