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