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| Le Vaillant, Maryline; Viblanc, Vincent A.; Saraux, Claire; Le Bohec, Celine; Le Maho, Yvon; Kato, Akiko; Criscuolo, Francois; Ropert-coudert, Yan. |
| Growing evidence suggests that telomeres, non-coding DNA sequences that shorten with age and stress, are related in an undefined way to individual breeding performances and survival rates in several species. Short telomeres and elevated shortening rates are typically associated with life stress and low health. As such, telomeres could serve as an integrative proxy of individual quality, describing the overall biological state of an individual at a given age. Telomere length could be associated with the decline of an array of physiological traits in age-controlled individuals. Here, we investigated the links between individuals' relative telomere length, breeding performance and various physiological (body condition, natural antibody levels) and life... |
| Tipo: Text |
Palavras-chave: Breeding performances; Long-lived seabird; Natural antibody level; Body condition. |
| Ano: 2015 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00302/41327/41093.pdf |
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