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Number of Children and Telomere Length in Women: A Prospective, Longitudinal Evaluation

Life history theory (LHT) predicts a trade-off between reproductive effort and the pace of biological aging. Energy invested in reproduction is not available for tissue maintenance, thus having more offspring is expected to lead to accelerated senescence. Studies conducted in a variety of non-human...

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Autores principales: Barha, Cindy K., Hanna, Courtney W., Salvante, Katrina G., Wilson, Samantha L., Robinson, Wendy P., Altman, Rachel M., Nepomnaschy, Pablo A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4701185/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26731744
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0146424