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An epigenetic clock to estimate the age of living beluga whales

DNA methylation data facilitate the development of accurate molecular estimators of chronological age or “epigenetic clocks.” We present a robust epigenetic clock for the beluga whale, Delphinapterus leucas, developed for an endangered population in Cook Inlet, Alaska, USA. We used a custom methylat...

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Autores principales: Bors, Eleanor K., Baker, C. Scott, Wade, Paul R., O'Neill, Kaimyn B., Shelden, Kim E. W., Thompson, Michael J., Fei, Zhe, Jarman, Simon, Horvath, Steve
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8127720/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34025766
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eva.13195