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Born to be young? Prenatal thyroid hormones increase early-life telomere length in wild collared flycatchers



Authors: Stier A, Hsu BY, Marciau C, Doligez B, Gustafsson L, Bize P, Ruuskanen S

Publisher: The Royal Society Publishing

Publication year: 2020

Journal: Biology Letters

Journal name in source: Biology letters

Journal acronym: Biol Lett

Article number: 20200364

Volume: 16

Issue: 11

Number of pages: 4

ISSN: 1744-9561

eISSN: 1744-957X

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2020.0364

Self-archived copy’s web address: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/Publication/51162836


Abstract
4 years of post-growth telomere shortening). These findings suggest that prenatal THs might have a role in setting the 'biological' age at birth, but raise questions about the nature of the evolutionary costs of prenatal exposure to high TH levels.

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