Dataset.
Data from: Telomere dynamics in parasitic great spotted cuckoos and their magpie hosts
Digital.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
oai:digital.csic.es:10261/282834
Digital.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
- Soler, Juan José
- Ruiz-Castellano, Cristina
- Martínez de la Puente, Josué
- Tomás, Gustavo
- Ruiz-Rodríguez, Magdalena
- Figuerola, Jordi
Telomere length of magpie and great spotted cuckoo nestlings
Telomere length of magpie and great spotted cuckoo nestlings soon after hatching and before fledging. We also show telomere attrition values and laying-date of each studied nest. Values are means estimates per study nest.
data.xlsx, Although little is known on the impact of environment on telomere length dynamics, it has been suggested to be affected by stress, lifestyle and/or life-history strategies of animals. We here compared telomere dynamics in erythrocytes of hatchlings and fledglings of the brood parasite great spotted cuckoos (Clamator glandarius) and of magpies (Pica pica), their main host in Europe. In magpie chicks, telomere length decreased from hatching to fledging while no significant change in telomere length of great spotted cuckoo chicks was found. Moreover, we found interspecific differences in the association between laying date and telomere shortening. Interspecific differences in telomere shortening were interpreted as a consequence of differences in lifestyle and life-history characteristics of magpies and great spotted cuckoos. In comparison with magpies, cuckoos experience reduced sibling competition and higher access to resources, and, consequently, lower stressful environmental conditions during the nestling phase. These characteristics also explain the associations between telomere attrition and environmental conditions (i.e. laying date) for magpies and the absence of association for great spotted cuckoos. These results therefore fit expectations on telomere dynamics derived from interspecific differences in lifestyle and life-history of brood parasites and their bird hosts., Peer reviewed
DOI: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/282834, http://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.6nr62
Digital.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
oai:digital.csic.es:10261/282834
HANDLE: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/282834, http://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.6nr62
Digital.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
oai:digital.csic.es:10261/282834
Ver en: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/282834, http://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.6nr62
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Digital.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
oai:digital.csic.es:10261/282834
Dataset. 2015
DATA FROM: TELOMERE DYNAMICS IN PARASITIC GREAT SPOTTED CUCKOOS AND THEIR MAGPIE HOSTS
Digital.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
- Soler, Juan José
- Ruiz-Castellano, Cristina
- Martínez de la Puente, Josué
- Tomás, Gustavo
- Ruiz-Rodríguez, Magdalena
- Figuerola, Jordi
Telomere length of magpie and great spotted cuckoo nestlings
Telomere length of magpie and great spotted cuckoo nestlings soon after hatching and before fledging. We also show telomere attrition values and laying-date of each studied nest. Values are means estimates per study nest.
data.xlsx, Although little is known on the impact of environment on telomere length dynamics, it has been suggested to be affected by stress, lifestyle and/or life-history strategies of animals. We here compared telomere dynamics in erythrocytes of hatchlings and fledglings of the brood parasite great spotted cuckoos (Clamator glandarius) and of magpies (Pica pica), their main host in Europe. In magpie chicks, telomere length decreased from hatching to fledging while no significant change in telomere length of great spotted cuckoo chicks was found. Moreover, we found interspecific differences in the association between laying date and telomere shortening. Interspecific differences in telomere shortening were interpreted as a consequence of differences in lifestyle and life-history characteristics of magpies and great spotted cuckoos. In comparison with magpies, cuckoos experience reduced sibling competition and higher access to resources, and, consequently, lower stressful environmental conditions during the nestling phase. These characteristics also explain the associations between telomere attrition and environmental conditions (i.e. laying date) for magpies and the absence of association for great spotted cuckoos. These results therefore fit expectations on telomere dynamics derived from interspecific differences in lifestyle and life-history of brood parasites and their bird hosts., Peer reviewed
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