Molecular BiologyKnowledge and Management of Aquatic EcosystemsPeer-reviewed
Telomere length can be estimated from fish scales
Gaëlle Brahy, Aurélie Manicki, François Guéraud…·Jacques Labonne
This study adapts a qPCR method to estimate relative telomere length from archived fish scales, finding variation in telomere length across rivers, age classes, and body size in brown trout.
DOI 10.1051/kmae/2026013