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Real‐time quantitative PCR assay for measurement of avian telomeres

2009-05-01

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We present the application of a real‐time quantitative PCR assay, previously developed to measure relative telomere length in humans and mice, to two bird species, the zebra finch Taeniopygia guttata and the Alpine swift Apus melba . This technique is based on the PCR amplification of telomeric (TTAGGG) n sequences using specific oligonucleotide primers. Relative telomere length is expressed as the ratio (T/S) of...

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DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048x.2008.04623.x

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