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

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Telomere length, non-breeding habitat and return rate in male American redstarts

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Within the genome, long telomeres are more informative than short telomeres with respect to fitness components in a long-lived seabird

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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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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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Telomere shortening and loss of self-renewal in dyskeratosis congenita induced pluripotent stem cells

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

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Stress exposure in intrauterine life is associated with shorter telomere length in young adulthood

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Embryonic exposure to corticosterone modifies the juvenile stress response, oxidative stress and telomere length

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

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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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