On being the right size: Increased body size is associated with reduced telomere length under natural conditions

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 282, Issue 1820, 2015, Pages

  Ringsby, Thor Harald ^a   Jensen, Henrik ^a   Pärn, Henrik ^a   Kvalnes, Thomas ^a   Boner, Winnie ^b   Gillespie, Robert ^b   Holand, Håkon ^a   Hagen, Ingerid Julie ^a   Rønning, Bernt ^a   Sæther, Bernt Erik ^a   Monaghan, Pat ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body size; Life history trade off; Longevity; Passer domesticus; Selection experiment; Telomere length

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BODY SIZE; CHROMOSOME; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH RATE; ISOLATED POPULATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LONGEVITY; NATURAL SELECTION; TRADE-OFF; WILD POPULATION;

PASSER DOMESTICUS;

ANIMAL; BODY SIZE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MALE; SPARROW; TELOMERE;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; MALE; SELECTION, GENETIC; SPARROWS; TELOMERE;

EID: 84951810253     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.2331     Document Type: Article

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