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Developmental telomere attrition predicts impulsive decision-making in adult starlings

Animals in a poor biological state face reduced life expectancy, and as a consequence should make decisions that prioritize immediate survival and reproduction over long-term benefits. We tested the prediction that if, as has been suggested, developmental telomere attrition is a biomarker of state a...

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Autores principales: Bateson, Melissa, Brilot, Ben O., Gillespie, Robert, Monaghan, Pat, Nettle, Daniel
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/PMC4286045/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25473012
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2014.2140