Short telomeres in hatching snakes : erythrocyte telomere dynamics and longevity in tropical pythons
Ujvari, Beata and Madsen, Thomas 2009, Short telomeres in hatching snakes : erythrocyte telomere dynamics and longevity in tropical pythons, PLoS one, vol. 4, no. 10, Article number e7493, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007493.
Telomere length (TL) has been found to be associated with life span in birds and humans. However, other studies have demonstrated that TL does not affect survival among old humans. Furthermore, replicative senescence has been shown to be induced by changes in the protected status of the telomeres rather than the loss of TL. In the present study we explore whether age- and sex-specific telomere dynamics affect life span in a long-lived snake, the water python (Liasis fuscus).
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