Early-Life Telomere Dynamics Differ between the Sexes and Predict Growth in the Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)

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Nestling telomere shortening, but not telomere length, reflects developmental stress and predicts survival in wild birds

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Environmental perturbations influence telomere dynamics in long-lived birds in their natural habitat

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Age, Sex, and Telomere Dynamics in a Long-Lived Seabird with Male-Biased Parental Care

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Bottom of the Heap: Having Heavier Competitors Accelerates Early-Life Telomere Loss in the European Starling, Sturnus vulgaris

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Telomere Length Correlations among Somatic Tissues in Adult Zebra Finches

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TERRA Expression Levels Do Not Correlate with Telomere Length and Radiation Sensitivity in Human Cancer Cell Lines

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Telomere dynamics in a long-lived bird, the barnacle goose

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Longevity and lifetime reproductive success of barn swallow offspring are predicted by their hatching date and phenotypic quality

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Telomere length and dynamics predict mortality in a wild longitudinal study

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Telomere length in early life predicts lifespan

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Effects of brood size manipulation and common origin on phenotype and telomere length in nestling collared flycatchers

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Telomere dynamics in relation to early growth conditions in the wild in the lesser black-backed gull

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Antioxidant Defenses Predict Long-Term Survival in a Passerine Bird

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Individual state and survival prospects: age, sex, and telomere length in a long-lived seabird

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Oxidative status and telomere length in a long-lived bird facing a costly reproductive event

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Measurement of telomere length by the Southern blot analysis of terminal restriction fragment lengths

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Does oxidative stress mediate the trade-off between growth and self-maintenance in structured families?

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Telomere length measurement by a novel monochrome multiplex quantitative PCR method

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Telomere dynamics rather than age predict life expectancy in the wild

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Telomere shortening and survival in free-living corvids

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How Shelterin Protects Mammalian Telomeres

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SEX-SPECIFIC EFFECTS OF ALBUMEN REMOVAL AND NEST ENVIRONMENT MANIPULATION ON BARN SWALLOW NESTLINGS

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Male-biased brood sex ratio depresses average phenotypic quality of barn swallow nestlings under experimentally harsh conditions

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