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Telomere Length and the Cancer–Atherosclerosis Trade-Off
Modern humans, the longest-living terrestrial mammals, display short telomeres and repressed telomerase activity in somatic tissues compared with most short-living small mammals. The dual trait of short telomeres and repressed telomerase might render humans relatively resistant to cancer compared wi...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4936693/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27386863 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1006144 |