Offspring's Leukocyte Telomere Length, Paternal Age, and Telomere Elongation in Sperm

Leukocyte telomere length (LTL) is a complex genetic trait. It shortens with age and is associated with a host of aging-related disorders. Recent studies have observed that offspring of older fathers have longer LTLs. We explored the relation between paternal age and offspring's LTLs in 4 diffe...

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Autores principales: Kimura, Masayuki, Cherkas, Lynn F, Kato, Bernet S, Demissie, Serkalem, Hjelmborg, Jacob B, Brimacombe, Michael, Cupples, Adrienne, Hunkin, Janice L, Gardner, Jefferey P, Lu, Xiaobin, Cao, Xiaojian, Sastrasinh, Malinee, Province, Michael A, Hunt, Steven C, Christensen, Kaare, Levy, Daniel, Spector, Tim D, Aviv, Abraham
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2008
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2242810/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18282113
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.0040037

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