On being the right size: increased body size is associated with reduced telomere length under natural conditions

Fitting Linear Mixed-Effects Models Usinglme4

(2015) Douglas Bates et al.   Journal of Statistical Software

Maternal telomere length inheritance in the king penguin

(2014) S Reichert et al.   HEREDITY

Maternal and genetic factors determine early life telomere length

(2014) M. Asghar et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Stress exposure in early post-natal life reduces telomere length: an experimental demonstration in a long-lived seabird

(2014) K. A. Herborn et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Measuring telomere length and telomere dynamics in evolutionary biology and ecology

(2014) Daniel H. Nussey et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

The Size–Life Span Trade-Off Decomposed: Why Large Dogs Die Young

(2013) Cornelia Kraus et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Meta-analysis of telomere length in 19 713 subjects reveals high heritability, stronger maternal inheritance and a paternal age effect

(2013) Linda Broer et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

Leukocyte Telomere Length and the Father's Age Enigma: Implications for Population Health and for Life Course

(2013) A. Aviv et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

The easy road to genome-wide medium density SNP screening in a non-model species: development and application of a 10 K SNP-chip for the house sparrow (Passer domesticus)

(2013) Ingerid J. Hagen et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Healthy Aging: Is Smaller Better? – A Mini-Review

(2012) Andrzej Bartke   GERONTOLOGY

Growth and development of house sparrows (Passer domesticus) in response to chronic food restriction throughout the nestling period

(2012) T. L. Killpack et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Microsatellite resources for Passeridae species: a predicted microsatellite map of the house sparrow Passer domesticus

(2012) DEBORAH A. DAWSON et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Telomere length in early life predicts lifespan

(2012) B. J. Heidinger et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Telomere Length Correlates with Life Span of Dog Breeds

(2012) Laura J. Fick et al.   Cell Reports

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

(2012) Marie Voillemot et al.   BMC ECOLOGY

Phenotypic Selection in Natural Populations: What Limits Directional Selection?

(2011) Joel G. Kingsolver et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Inheritance of Telomere Length in a Bird

(2011) Thorsten Horn et al.   PLoS One

Sex Differences in Sand Lizard Telomere Inheritance: Paternal Epigenetic Effects Increases Telomere Heritability and Offspring Survival

(2011) Mats Olsson et al.   PLoS One

Spatial heterogeneity in the effects of climate and density-dependence on dispersal in a house sparrow metapopulation

(2011) H. Parn et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The big and small of it: How body size evolves

(2010) Robin M. Bernstein   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY

Poor maternal nutrition followed by accelerated postnatal growth leads to telomere shortening and increased markers of cell senescence in rat islets

(2009) J. L. Tarry-Adkins et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

Real-time quantitative PCR assay for measurement of avian telomeres

(2009) François Criscuolo et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Methusaleh's Zoo: How Nature provides us with Clues for Extending Human Health Span

(2009) S.N. Austad   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PATHOLOGY

EVOLUTIONARY DYNAMICS OF A SEXUAL ORNAMENT IN THE HOUSE SPARROW (PASSER DOMESTICUS): THE ROLE OF INDIRECT SELECTION WITHIN AND BETWEEN SEXES

(2008) Henrik Jensen et al.   EVOLUTION

Should we be concerned over increasing body height and weight?

(2008) Thomas T. Samaras   EXPERIMENTAL GERONTOLOGY

Telomeres and Aging

(2008) Geraldine Aubert et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL REVIEWS