Paternal age and telomere length in twins: the germ stem cell selection paradigm
Telomere length, a highly heritable trait, is longer in offspring of older fathers. This perplexing feature has been attributed to the longer telomeres in sperm of older men and it might be an ‘epigenetic’ mechanism through which paternal age plays a role in telomere length regulation in humans. Bas...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
2015
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4531084/ |