Articulo
The relationship of telomere length to baseline corticosterone levels in nestlings of an altricial passerine bird in natural populations.
Frontiers in Zoology
Registro en:
1140548
1140548
Autor
Quirici, Verónica
Guerrero, Claudia Jimena
Krause, Jesse S
Wingfield, John C
Vásquez-Salfate, Rodrigo Alfonso
Institución
Resumen
Background: Environmental stressors increase the secretion of glucocorticoids that in turn can shorten telomeres via oxidative damage. Modification of telomere length, as a result of adversity faced early in life, can modify an individual's phenotype. St Regular FONDECYT FONDECYT