Data from: Maternal telomere length inheritance in the king penguin ...

• Main Authors: Reichert, Sophie, Rojas, Emilio R., Zahn, Sandrine, Robin, J., Criscuolo, François, Massemin, Sylvie
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Dryad 2014
• Subjects: Aptenodytes patagonicus; inheritance; King penguin; Possession Island; Antarc*; Antarctique*; King Penguins
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.4407g; https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.4407g

Telomeres are emerging as a biomarker for ageing and survival, and are likely important in shaping life-history trade-offs. In particular, telomere length with which one starts in life has been linked to lifelong survival, suggesting that early telomere dynamics are somehow related to life-history trajectories. This result highlights the importance of determining the extent to which telomere length is inherited, as a crucial factor determining early life telomere length. Given the scarcity of species for which telomere length inheritance has been studied, it is pressing to assess the generality of telomere length inheritance patterns. Further, information on how this pattern changes over the course of growth in individuals living under natural conditions should provide some insight on the extent to which environmental constraints also shape telomere dynamics. To fill this gap partly, we followed telomere inheritance in a population of king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus). We tested for paternal and ... : Telomere length dataThis data includes telomere length for chicks at different ages (10, 70, 200 and 300 days-old) and telomere lengths of their parents.This study was conducted on king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus), in the colony of “La Grande Manchotière” (20 000 breeding pairs) Possession island, Crozet archipelago (Terres Australes Antarctiques Françaises) located 46° 25’S; 51° 52’E. Data were collected during two consecutive field seasons (2009 and 2010).data heredity S Reichert.xlsx ...