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Sex difference in leukocyte telomere length is ablated in opposite-sex co-twins
Background: In eutherian mammals and in humans, the female fetus may be masculinized while sharing the intra-uterine environment with a male fetus. Telomere length (TL), as expressed in leukocytes, is heritable and is longer in women than in men. The main determinant of leukocyte TL (LTL) is LTL at...
Autores principales: | , , , , , , , , , |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4276058/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25056338 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyu146 |