Phenotypic divergences of birds are common between urban and natural habitats can result from different selective pressures or maladaptation to the city. No uniform patterns were observed, especially concerning markers bird health, such as, for example, telomere length. Telomeres involved in maintaining genome integrity naturally shorten with age, but environmental stressors accelerate their at...

2009 Poultry Science 88 :298–302 doi: 10.3382/ps.2008-00222

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