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Relationship of telomeres and telomerase to mass and lifespan. Dark arrows indicate significance while dotted arrows show lack of significance. Phylogenetic generalized least squares framework (PGLS) analysis demonstrates that telomerase expression inversely co-evolves with increased mass, while telomere length inversely correlates with increased lifespan.
