QTL mapping of leukocyte telomere length in American Indians: The Strong Heart Family Study

Telomeres play a central role in cellular senescence and are associated with a variety of age-related disorders such as dementia, Alzheimer's disease and atherosclerosis. Telomere length varies greatly among individuals of the same age, and is heritable. Here we performed a genome-wide linkage...

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Main Authors: Zhu, Yun, Voruganti, V. Saroja, Lin, Jue, Matsuguchi, Tet, Blackburn, Elizabeth, Best, Lyle G., Lee, Elisa T., MacCluer, Jean W., Cole, Shelley A., Zhao, Jinying
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Impact Journals LLC 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3808702/