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Telomeres and longevity: testing an evolutionary hypothesis.

Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Jan 2008

Haussmann Mark F, Mauck Robert A

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Identifying mechanisms that underlie variation in adult survivorship provide insight into the evolution of life history strategies and phenotypic variation in longevity. There is accumulating evidence that shortening telomeres, the protective caps at the ends of chromosomes, play an important role in individual variation in longevity. Given that telomeres generally shorten with age, it was surprising to find that...

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PMID: 18071200
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msm244

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