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The environmental and genetic determinants of chick telomere length in Tree Swallows (Tachycineta bicolor)

Conditions during early life can have dramatic effects on adult characteristics and fitness. However, we still know little about the mechanisms that mediate these relationships. Telomere shortening is one possibility. Telomeres are long sequences of DNA that protect the ends of chromosomes. They sho...

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Autores principales: Belmaker, Amos, Hallinger, Kelly K., Glynn, Rebbeca A., Winkler, David W., Haussmann, Mark F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6662556/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31380080
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5386