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A mitochondrial model for premature ageing of somatically cloned mammals.
IUBMB life - 1 Oct 1999
Allen J F, Allen C A
Abstract excerpt
Cloned sheep have recently been discovered to have an unexpectedly advanced biological age. We propose that the explanation is a simple consequence of inheritance of acquired, free radical-induced cellular damage with somatic mitochondria that contribute to the mitochondrial population of cloned cells but not to zygotes produced by fertilization in normal sexual reproduction. Each increment of ageing in cloning...
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