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Vitamin E supplementation—but not induced oxidative stress—influences telomere dynamics during early development in wild passerines
Telomere length is a marker of cellular senescence that relates to different components of individual fitness. Oxidative stress is often claimed as a main proximate factor contributing to telomere...
Intact but empty forests? Patterns of hunting induced mammal defaunation in the tropics
Tropical forests are increasingly degraded by industrial logging, urbanization, agriculture, and infrastructure, with only 20% of the remaining area considered intact. However, this figure does not...
Unique evolution of vitamin A as an external pigment in tropical starlings
Pigments are largely responsible for the appearance of organisms. Most biological pigments derive from the metabolism of shikimic acid (melanins), mevalonic acid (carotenoids) or levulinic acid...
Identified the main introduction routes of the red swamp crayfish Procambarus clarkii during its global-scale invasion
This North American species is the most widely spread freshwater crayfish worldwide, and is one of the worst invasive species due to its severe impacts on the structure and functioning of...
The 5,000-year history of the horse
Horse domestication revolutionized warfare and accelerated travel, trade and the geographic expansion of languages. This study presents the largest genome-scale time-series for a non-human organism...
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