Heritability of telomere length in the Zebra Finch
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The heritability of leucocyte telomere length dynamics
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Ornithology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2193-7192,2193-7206
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-015-1212-7