Does oxidative stress shorten telomeres?

Biology Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2017, Pages

  Boonekamp, Jelle J ^a   Bauch, Christina ^a   Mulder, Ellis ^a   Verhulst, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Development; Molecular ecology; Nestlings; Somatic damage; Telomere attrition

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BLOOD; DNA; GENETIC MARKER; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; NESTLING; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PASSERINE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CORVUS MONEDULA;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ANIMAL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; TELOMERE; TELOMERE SHORTENING;

ANIMALS; BIOMARKERS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; TELOMERE; TELOMERE SHORTENING;

EID: 85020108538     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2017.0164     Document Type: Article

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