Telomere length reflects individual quality in free-living adult king penguins

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• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  Polar Biology

• Publication date

  2015-08-06

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1007/s00300-015-1766-0
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