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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...

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Autores principales: Benetos, Athanase, Dalgård, Christine, Labat, Carlos, Kark, Jeremy D, Verhulst, Simon, Christensen, Kaare, Kimura, Masayuki, Horvath, Kent, Kyvik, Kirsten Ohm, Aviv, Abraham
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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