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Growing old, yet staying young: The role of telomeres in bats’ exceptional longevity
- Nicole M. Foley1,
- Graham M. Hughes1,
- Zixia Huang1,
- Michael Clarke1,
- David Jebb1,
- Conor V. Whelan1,
- Eric J. Petit2,
- Frédéric Touzalin3,
- Olivier Farcy4,
- Gareth Jones5,
- Roger D. Ransome5,
- Joanna Kacprzyk1,
- Mary J. O’Connell6,
- Gerald Kerth7,
- Hugo Rebelo5,8,9,
- Luísa Rodrigues10,
- Sébastien J. Puechmaille1,7 and
- Emma 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
School of Biology and Environmental Science, Science Centre West, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Graham M. Hughes
School of Biology and Environmental Science, Science Centre West, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Zixia Huang
School of Biology and Environmental Science, Science Centre West, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Michael Clarke
School of Biology and Environmental Science, Science Centre West, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
David Jebb
School of Biology and Environmental Science, Science Centre West, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Conor V. Whelan
School of Biology and Environmental Science, Science Centre West, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Eric J. Petit
Ecologie et Santé des Ecosystèmes (ESE), Ecology and Ecosystem Health, Agrocampus Ouest, INRA, 35042 Rennes, France.
Frédéric Touzalin
Laboratoire Évolution et Diversité Biologique, UMR 5174: Université Toulouse III, CNRS, ENFA, 118 Route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse cedex 9, France.
Olivier Farcy
Le Groupe Chiroptères de Bretagne Vivante/SEPNB, 19 rue Gouesnou BP 62132, 29221 Brest cedex 2, France.
Gareth Jones
School of Biological Sciences, Life Sciences Building, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TH, UK.
Roger D. Ransome
School of Biological Sciences, Life Sciences Building, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TH, UK.
Joanna Kacprzyk
School of Biology and Environmental Science, Science Centre West, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Mary J. O’Connell
School of Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK.
Gerald Kerth
University of Greifswald, Loitzer Strasse 26, 17489 Greifswald, Germany.
Hugo Rebelo
School of Biological Sciences, Life Sciences Building, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TH, UK.CIBIO-InBIO, Universidade do Porto, Campus de Agrário Vairão, Rua Padre Armando Quintas, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal.CEABN-InBIO, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, 1349-015 Lisboa, Portugal.
Luísa Rodrigues
Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e das Florestas, Avenida da República 16-16B, 1050-191 Lisboa, Portugal.
Sébastien J. Puechmaille
School of Biology and Environmental Science, Science Centre West, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.University of Greifswald, Loitzer Strasse 26, 17489 Greifswald, Germany.
Emma C. Teeling
School of Biology and Environmental Science, Science Centre West, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
