Hidden costs of infection: Chronic malaria accelerates telomere degradation and senescence in wild birds

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• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  Science

• Publication date

  2015-01-23

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1126/science.1261121PMID 25613889
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