Telomere length correlates with physiological and behavioural responses of a long-lived seabird to an ecologically relevant challenge
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DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2022.0139
Abstract: Determinants of individual variation in reallocation of limited resources towards self-maintenance versus reproduction are not well known. We tested the hypothesis that individual heterogeneity in long-term ‘somatic state’ (i) explains variation in endocrine and behavioural… read more here.
Keywords: somatic state; telomere length; variation; term ... See more keywords