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Independent impacts of aging on mitochondrial DNA quantity and quality in humans
BACKGROUND: The accumulation of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutations, and the reduction of mtDNA copy number, both disrupt mitochondrial energetics, and may contribute to aging and age-associated phenotypes. However, there are few genetic and epidemiological studies on the spectra of blood mtDNA hete...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5697406/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29157198 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12864-017-4287-0 |