Heritability of telomere length in the Zebra Finch

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1113-1123

  Atema, Els ^a,b   Mulder, Ellis ^a   Dugdale, Hannah L ^c   Briga, Michael ^a   van Noordwijk, Arie J ^b   Verhulst, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

(Half )siblings; Avian; Crossfostered; Natal environment; TRF; Animal model

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME; HERITABILITY; PASSERINE; POPULATION GENETICS; SIBLING;

ANIMALIA; AVES; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 84942292080     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-015-1212-7     Document Type: Article

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