The rate of telomere loss is related to maximum lifespan in birds

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 373, Issue 1741, 2018, Pages

  Tricola, Gianna M ^a   Simons, Mirre J P ^b   Atema, Els ^c   Boughton, Raoul K ^d   Brown, J L ^e   Dearborn, Donald C ^f   Divoky, G ^g   Eimes, John A ^h   Huntington, Charles E ⁱ   Kitaysky, Alexander S ^j   Juola, Frans A ^a   Lank, David B ^k   Litwa, Hannah P ^a   Mulder, Ellis G A ^c   Nisbet, Ian C T ^l   Okanoya, Kazuo ^m   Safran, Rebecca J ⁿ   Schoech, Stephan J ^d   Schreiber, Elizabeth A ^o   Thompson, Paul M ^p   Verhulst, Simon ^c   Wheelwright, Nathaniel T ⁱ   Winkler, David W ^q   Young, Rebecca ^j   Vleck, Carol M ^r   Haussmann, Mark F ^a   more..

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^e STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^f BATES COLLEGE   (United States)

^g Friends of Cooper Island   (United States)

^h Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

ⁱ BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^k SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^l ICT Nisbet Company   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^o DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^q Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^r IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Ageing; Bird; Comparative analysis; Lifespan; Senescence; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

AGING; BIRD; CANCER; CELL; CHROMOSOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; PHYLOGENETICS; SENESCENCE;

AVES;

AGING; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL VARIATION; BIRD; CELL AGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENETICS; LONGEVITY; MALE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; TELOMERE; TELOMERE SHORTENING;

AGING; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL VARIATION, POPULATION; BIRDS; CELLULAR SENESCENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; LONGEVITY; MALE; PHYLOGENY; TELOMERE; TELOMERE SHORTENING;

EID: 85040703699     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2016.0445     Document Type: Article

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