article_snippet: High-ranking hyenas had longer telomeres than High-ranking hyenas peers.
article_snippet: High-ranking hyenas focused on telomeres, caps that protect chromosomes from deterioration.
article_snippet: High-ranking hyenas had longer telomeres than High-ranking hyenas peers suggesting High-ranking hyenas were healthier.
article_snippet: Group membership significantly predicted telomere length of those female hyenas that sat at the top of the social hierarchy.
article_snippet: This meant that if researchers found a lone hyena wandering the savanna they couldn't simply identify a lone hyena as an alpha female based solely on telomere length.
article_snippet: High-ranking hyenas had longer telomeres than High-ranking hyenas peers and clan membership predicted telomere length of those that sat at the top of the hierarchy .
article_snippet: This work shows, for the first time, the effects of social rank on telomere length in wild mammals,' Ms Lewin said. '
highlights_snippet: High-ranking hyenas had longer telomeres than High-ranking hyenas peers .