Telomeres shorten more slowly in slow-aging wild animals than in fast-aging ones.

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• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  Experimental Gerontology

• Publication date

  2015-11-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1016/j.exger.2015.08.012PMID 26348426
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