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The load of short telomeres, estimated by a new method, Universal STELA, correlates with number of senescent cells

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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

Great tits growing old: selective disappearance and the partitioning of senescence to stages within the breeding cycle

(2009) S. Bouwhuis et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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Telomere Length and Mortality: A Study of Leukocytes in Elderly Danish Twins

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Leukocyte Telomere Dynamics: Longitudinal Findings Among Young Adults in the Bogalusa Heart Study

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Parental care of the Common Tern Sterna hirundo

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Individual variation in reproductive costs of reproduction: high-quality females always do better

(2008) Sandra Hamel et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Taking the stress out of blood collection: comparison of field blood-sampling techniques for analysis of baseline corticosterone

(2008) Jennifer M. Arnold et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Heterogeneity in individual quality overrides costs of reproduction in female reindeer

(2008) Robert B. Weladji et al.   OECOLOGIA

Timing of initial arrival at the breeding site predicts age at first reproduction in a long-lived migratory bird

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