Two aspects of longevity are associated with rates of loss of
telomeres in birds
F.S. Dobson 1,2, Q. Schull 3, and F.
Criscuolo 1
1 University of Strasbourg, CNRS, Institut
Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien, UMR 7178, 67000 Strasbourg, France
2 Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn
University, Auburn, AL, USA
3 MARBEC, University of Montpellier, IFREMER, IRD,
CNRS, Sète, France
Key words: body size, longevity, telomere dynamics, MCMCglmm,
phylogenetic correlation
Corresponding author: F.S. Dobson,
fsdobson@msn.com