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Figure 2

From: Telomere lengths correlate with fitness but assortative mating by telomeres confers no benefit to fledgling recruitment

Figure 2

Adult survival based on (A) adult relative telomere length (RTL) and (B) RTL of the mate. Highest survival is for birds with long RTL whose mates have short RTL. Analysis was done on z-transformed values, but raw RTL’s are plotted here. Trendlines are based on model output with mean values for variables not pictured on the axes. Filled circles indicate mean survival and RTL (or mate’s RTL) for binned groups of aduls.

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