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The mitochondrial genome, paternal age and telomere length in humans

Telomere length (TL) in humans is highly heritable and undergoes progressive age-dependent shortening in somatic cells. By contrast, sperm donated by older men display comparatively long telomeres, presumably because in the male germline, telomeres become longer with age. This puzzling phenomenon mi...

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Autor principal: Aviv, Abraham
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/PMC5784075/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29335382
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2017.0210

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