Telomere length reflects individual quality in free-living adult king penguins

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Experimental increase in telomere length leads to faster feather regeneration

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Experimentally increased reproductive effort alters telomere length in the blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)

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Age-related variation in reproductive traits in the wandering albatross: evidence for terminal improvement following senescence

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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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Telomeres shorten at equivalent rates in somatic tissues of adults

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Telomeres and immune competency

(2012) Nan-ping Weng   CURRENT OPINION IN IMMUNOLOGY

Telomerase gene therapy in adult and old mice delays aging and increases longevity without increasing cancer

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Telomere length and dynamics predict mortality in a wild longitudinal study

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Body Girth as an Alternative to Body Mass for Establishing Condition Indexes in Field Studies: A Validation in the King Penguin

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Telomeres, Age and Reproduction in a Long-Lived Reptile

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Telomere length in early life predicts lifespan

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Telomere length reflects phenotypic quality and costs of reproduction in a long-lived seabird

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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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The telomerase activator TA-65 elongates short telomeres and increases health span of adult/old mice without increasing cancer incidence

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Catching-up but telomere loss: half-opening the black box of growth and ageing trade-off in wild king penguin chicks

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Reliability of flipper-banded penguins as indicators of climate change

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Effects of Individual Pre-Fledging Traits and Environmental Conditions on Return Patterns in Juvenile King Penguins

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Sizing the ends: Normal length of human telomeres

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Working less to gain more: when breeding quality relates to foraging efficiency

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Individual differences in reproductive costs examined using multi-state methods

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The Power of Exercise: Buffering the Effect of Chronic Stress on Telomere Length

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Exploring individual quality in a wild population of red deer

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Reproductive performance of little penguinsEudyptula minorin relation to year, age, pair-bond duration, breeding date and individual quality

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Real-time quantitative PCR assay for measurement of avian telomeres

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Telomere dynamics rather than age predict life expectancy in the wild

(2009) P. Bize et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Telomere shortening and survival in free-living corvids

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Ontogeny of innate and adaptive immune defense components in free-living tree swallows, Tachycineta bicolor

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The King Penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus, a non-nesting bird which selects its breeding habitat

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The breeding biology and population dynamics of King Penguins Aptenodytes patagonica on the Crozet Islands

(2008) H. WEIMERSKIRCH et al.   IBIS

Age-specific reproduction in a long-lived species: the combined effects of senescence and individual quality

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