Shorter telomeres precede population extinction in wild lizards
Abstract Identifying the early warning signals of catastrophic extinctions has recently become a central focus for ecologists, but species’ functional responses to environmental changes remain an untapped source for the sharpening of such warning signals. Telomere length (TL) analysis represents a p...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2017-12-01
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| Series: | Scientific Reports |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-17323-z |