Parental age influences offspring telomere loss

Functional Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1531-1538

  Heidinger, Britt J ^a,d   Herborn, Katherine A ^a   Granroth Wilding, Hanna M V ^b   Boner, Winnie ^a   Burthe, Sarah ^c   Newell, Mark ^c   Wanless, Sarah ^c   Daunt, Francis ^c   Monaghan, Pat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ageing; life span; parental effects; Phalacrocorax aristotelis; senescence; telomere dynamics

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; AGING; HATCHING; KARYOLOGY; LONGEVITY; NESTLING; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PARENTAL CARE; REPRODUCTION; SEABIRD; SENESCENCE;

PHALACROCORAX ARISTOTELIS;

EID: 84954271060     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12630     Document Type: Article

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