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An experimental demonstration that early-life competitive disadvantage accelerates telomere loss

Adverse experiences in early life can exert powerful delayed effects on adult survival and health. Telomere attrition is a potentially important mechanism in such effects. One source of early-life adversity is the stress caused by competitive disadvantage. Although previous avian experiments suggest...

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Autores principales: Nettle, Daniel, Monaghan, Pat, Gillespie, Robert, Brilot, Ben, Bedford, Thomas, Bateson, Melissa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4262165/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25411450
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2014.1610

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