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 ...

Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science, Vol. 122, No. 2 (Summer, 2006), pp. 56-62 (7 pages) Agrobacterium tumefaciens (A.t.) is a soil pathogenic bacterium that naturally introduces genes ...