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Telomere dynamics in a long-lived bird, the barnacle goose

BACKGROUND: Theories of ageing predict a trade-off between metabolism, reproduction, and maintenance. Species with low investment in early reproduction are thus expected to be able to evolve more efficient maintenance and repair mechanisms, allowing for a longer potential life span (intrinsic longev...

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Autores principales: Pauliny, Angela, Larsson, Kjell, Blomqvist, Donald
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3546850/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23273548
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-12-257