Telomere length is highly repeatable and shorter in individuals with more elaborate sexual ornamentation in a short‐lived passerine
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DOI: 10.1111/mec.16397
Abstract: Quantifying an individual's state as a fitness proxy has proven challenging, but accumulating evidence suggests that telomere length and attrition may indicate individual somatic state and success at self‐maintenance, respectively. Sexual ornamentation is also thought… read more here.
Keywords: barn swallows; length highly; sexual ornamentation; telomere length ... See more keywords