Bottom of the Heap: Having Heavier Competitors Accelerates Early-Life Telomere Loss in the European Starling, Sturnus vulgaris

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Daniel Nettle ,

* E-mail: daniel.nettle@ncl.ac.uk

Affiliation Centre for Behaviour and Evolution & Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, Newcastle, United Kingdom
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Pat Monaghan,

Affiliation Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health & Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Winnie Boner,

Affiliation Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health & Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Robert Gillespie,

Affiliation Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health & Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Melissa Bateson

Affiliation Centre for Behaviour and Evolution & Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, Newcastle, United Kingdom
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