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Age, Sex, and Telomere Dynamics in a Long-Lived Seabird with Male-Biased Parental Care

The examination of telomere dynamics is a recent technique in ecology for assessing physiological state and age-related traits from individuals of unknown age. Telomeres shorten with age in most species and are expected to reflect physiological state, reproductive investment, and chronological age....

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Autores principales: Young, Rebecca C., Kitaysky, Alexander S., Haussmann, Mark F., Descamps, Sebastien, Orben, Rachael A., Elliott, Kyle H., Gaston, Anthony J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3762738/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24023967
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0074931