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Growing old, yet staying young: The role of telomeres in bats’ exceptional longevity
- View ORCID ProfileNicole M. Foley1,
- Graham M. Hughes1,
- View ORCID ProfileZixia Huang1,
- View ORCID ProfileMichael Clarke1,
- David Jebb1,
- View ORCID ProfileConor V. Whelan1,
- View ORCID ProfileEric J. Petit2,
- View ORCID ProfileFrédéric Touzalin3,
- View ORCID ProfileOlivier Farcy4,
- Gareth Jones5,
- View ORCID ProfileRoger D. Ransome5,
- Joanna Kacprzyk1,
- Mary J. O’Connell6,
- Gerald Kerth7,
- View ORCID ProfileHugo Rebelo5,8,9,
- Luísa Rodrigues10,
- View ORCID ProfileSébastien J. Puechmaille1,7 and
- View ORCID ProfileEmma C. Teeling1,*
- 1School of Biology and Environmental Science, Science Centre West, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
- 2Ecologie et Santé des Ecosystèmes (ESE), Ecology and Ecosystem Health, Agrocampus Ouest, INRA, 35042 Rennes, France.
- 3Laboratoire Évolution et Diversité Biologique, UMR 5174: Université Toulouse III, CNRS, ENFA, 118 Route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse cedex 9, France.
- 4Le Groupe Chiroptères de Bretagne Vivante/SEPNB, 19 rue Gouesnou BP 62132, 29221 Brest cedex 2, France.
- 5School of Biological Sciences, Life Sciences Building, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TH, UK.
- 6School of Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK.
- 7University of Greifswald, Loitzer Strasse 26, 17489 Greifswald, Germany.
- 8CIBIO-InBIO, Universidade do Porto, Campus de Agrário Vairão, Rua Padre Armando Quintas, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal.
- 9CEABN-InBIO, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, 1349-015 Lisboa, Portugal.
- 10Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e das Florestas, Avenida da República 16-16B, 1050-191 Lisboa, Portugal.
- ↵*Corresponding author. Email: emma.teeling{at}ucd.ie
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Science Advances 07 Feb 2018:
Vol. 4, no. 2, eaao0926
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aao0926
Vol. 4, no. 2, eaao0926
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aao0926
Nicole M. Foley
1School of Biology and Environmental Science, Science Centre West, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Graham M. Hughes
1School of Biology and Environmental Science, Science Centre West, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Zixia Huang
1School of Biology and Environmental Science, Science Centre West, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Michael Clarke
1School of Biology and Environmental Science, Science Centre West, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
David Jebb
1School of Biology and Environmental Science, Science Centre West, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Conor V. Whelan
1School of Biology and Environmental Science, Science Centre West, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Eric J. Petit
2Ecologie et Santé des Ecosystèmes (ESE), Ecology and Ecosystem Health, Agrocampus Ouest, INRA, 35042 Rennes, France.
Frédéric Touzalin
3Laboratoire Évolution et Diversité Biologique, UMR 5174: Université Toulouse III, CNRS, ENFA, 118 Route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse cedex 9, France.
Olivier Farcy
4Le Groupe Chiroptères de Bretagne Vivante/SEPNB, 19 rue Gouesnou BP 62132, 29221 Brest cedex 2, France.
Gareth Jones
5School of Biological Sciences, Life Sciences Building, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TH, UK.
Roger D. Ransome
5School of Biological Sciences, Life Sciences Building, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TH, UK.
Joanna Kacprzyk
1School of Biology and Environmental Science, Science Centre West, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Mary J. O’Connell
6School of Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK.
Gerald Kerth
7University of Greifswald, Loitzer Strasse 26, 17489 Greifswald, Germany.
Hugo Rebelo
5School of Biological Sciences, Life Sciences Building, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TH, UK.
8CIBIO-InBIO, Universidade do Porto, Campus de Agrário Vairão, Rua Padre Armando Quintas, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal.
9CEABN-InBIO, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, 1349-015 Lisboa, Portugal.
Luísa Rodrigues
10Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e das Florestas, Avenida da República 16-16B, 1050-191 Lisboa, Portugal.
Sébastien J. Puechmaille
1School of Biology and Environmental Science, Science Centre West, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
7University of Greifswald, Loitzer Strasse 26, 17489 Greifswald, Germany.
Emma C. Teeling
1School of Biology and Environmental Science, Science Centre West, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
