Telomeres shorten more slowly in slow-aging wild animals than in fast-aging ones

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 71, Issue , 2015, Pages 38-47

  Dantzer, Ben ^a   Fletcher, Quinn E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Inter specific comparative study; Maximum lifespan; Pace of life; Senescence; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BIRD; BIVALVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LIFE HISTORY; LIFESPAN; MALE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; REPTILE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; TELOMERE SHORTENING; WILD ANIMAL; ANIMAL; GENETICS; LONGEVITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; LONGEVITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TELOMERE SHORTENING;

EID: 84946549893     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: 18736815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2015.08.012     Document Type: Article

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