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Born to be young? Prenatal thyroid hormones increase early-life telomere length in wild collared flycatchers
10 Nov 2020
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Abstract The underlying mechanisms of the lifelong consequences of prenatal environmental condition on health and ageing remain little understood. Thyroid hormones (THs) are important regulators of embryogenesis, transferred from the mother to the embryo. Since prenatal THs can accelerate early-life development, we hypothesized that this might occur at the expense of resource allocation in somatic maintenance...
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