Impact of trainability on telomere dynamics of pet dogs (Canis lupus familiaris): An explorative study in aging dogs

• Julia Weixlbraun,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Unit of Physiology, Pathophysiology and Experimental Endocrinology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria

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• Durga Chapagain,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Messerli Research Institute, Department of Interdisciplinary Life Sciences, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria

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• Jessica Svea Cornils,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Research Institute of Wildlife Ecology, Department of Interdisciplinary Life Sciences, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria

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• Steve Smith,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Konrad-Lorenz-Institute of Ethology, Department of Interdisciplinary Life Sciences, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria

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• Franz Schwarzenberger ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ FS and FH shared last authors on this work.

  Affiliation Unit of Physiology, Pathophysiology and Experimental Endocrinology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria

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• Franz Hoelzl

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: glis.glis85@gmail.com

  ¶‡ FS and FH shared last authors on this work.

  Affiliation Konrad-Lorenz-Institute of Ethology, Department of Interdisciplinary Life Sciences, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9717-4338

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