Social isolation shortens telomeres in African Grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus erithacus).

Social isolation shortens telomeres in African Grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus erithacus).

Telomeres, the caps of eukaryotic chromosomes, control chromosome stability and cellular senescence, but aging and exposure to chronic stress are suspected to cause attrition of telomere length. We investigated the effect of social isolation on telomere length in the highly social and intelligent Af...

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Main Authors: Denise Aydinonat, Dustin J Penn, Steve Smith, Yoshan Moodley, Franz Hoelzl, Felix Knauer, Franz Schwarzenberger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0093839&type=printable

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