Telomere attrition and growth: a life-history framework and case study in common terns

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 1409-1419

  Vedder, O ^a,b   Verhulst, S ^a   Bauch, C ^a   Bouwhuis, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

Author keywords

birds; disposable soma; life history theory; natural population; oxidative stress; review; senescence; telomere restriction fragment; telomere shortening

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CANALIZATION (BIOLOGY); GROWTH; HATCHING; HETEROGENEITY; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; MORTALITY; NATURAL SELECTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEABIRD; SENESCENCE; SURVIVAL;

AVES; STERNA HIRUNDO;

ANIMAL; BODY SIZE; CHARADRIIFORMES; GENETICS; INHERITANCE; MORTALITY; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TELOMERE; TELOMERE SHORTENING;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CHARADRIIFORMES; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; MORTALITY; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TELOMERE; TELOMERE SHORTENING;

EID: 85020396978     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.13119     Document Type: Article

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