The rate of telomere loss is related to maximum lifespan in birds

Telomeres are highly conserved regions of DNA that protect the ends of linear chromosomes. The loss of telomeres can signal an irreversible change to a cell's state, including cellular senescence. Senescent cells no longer divide and can damage nearby healthy cells, thus potentially placing the...

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Autores principales: Tricola, Gianna M., Simons, Mirre J. P., Atema, Els, Boughton, Raoul K., Brown, J. L., Dearborn, Donald C., Divoky, G., Eimes, John A., Huntington, Charles E., Kitaysky, Alexander S., Juola, Frans A., Lank, David B., Litwa, Hannah P., Mulder, Ellis G. A., Nisbet, Ian C. T., Okanoya, Kazuo, Safran, Rebecca J., Schoech, Stephan J., Schreiber, Elizabeth A., Thompson, Paul M., Verhulst, Simon, Wheelwright, Nathaniel T., Winkler, David W., Young, Rebecca, Vleck, Carol M., Haussmann, Mark F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5784065/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29335369
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2016.0445

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