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Effects of brood size manipulation and common origin on phenotype and telomere length in nestling collared flycatchers.
BMC ecology - 18 Aug 2012
Voillemot Marie, Hine Kathryn, Zahn Sandrine, Criscuolo François, Gustafsson Lars, Doligez Blandine, Bize Pierre
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BACKGROUND: Evidence is accumulating that telomere length is a good predictor of life expectancy, especially early in life, thus calling for determining the factors that affect telomere length at this stage. Here, we investigated the relative influence of early growth conditions and origin (genet...
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