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Is telomere length associated with mate choice in a songbird with a high rate of extra-pair paternity?

Telomere length is related to aging in many eukaryotes and the rate of telomere attrition has been suggested to reflect individual genetic quality. Telomere length could thus have implications for mate choice. We investigated telomere length variation in bluethroat Luscinia svecica families with mix...

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Autores principales: Johnsen, Arild, Pauliny, Angela, Lifjeld, Jan T., Blomqvist, Donald
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5544213/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28783753
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0182446