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Table 4 Effect of hibernation and temperature on telomere change of dormice during winter

From: Food availability positively affects the survival and somatic maintenance of hibernating garden dormice (Eliomys quercinus)

Terms

X2

df

p values

RTL0

13.5

1

< 0.001

group

0.1

1

0.83

Body mass change

2.1

1

0.15

Arousal frequency

2.9

1

0.09

Total IBE duration

1.4

1

0.23

  1. Parameters of analyses of variance for the effects of initial relative telomere length (RTL0), group (3 °C vs. 14 °C), body mass change, arousal frequency, and total inter-bout euthermia (IBE) duration on RTL change during the hibernation experiments. Significant p values are indicated in italic
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Frontiers in Zoology

ISSN: 1742-9994