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Short Telomeres in Hatchling Snakes: Erythrocyte Telomere Dynamics and Longevity in Tropical Pythons

BACKGROUND: Telomere length (TL) has been found to be associated with life span in birds and humans. However, other studies have demonstrated that TL does not affect survival among old humans. Furthermore, replicative senescence has been shown to be induced by changes in the protected status of the...

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Autores principales: Ujvari, Beata, Madsen, Thomas
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2759514/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19834611
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0007493