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Heritable variation in telomere length predicts mortality in Soay sheep.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 13 Apr 2021
Froy Hannah, Underwood Sarah L, Dorrens Jennifer, Seeker Luise A, Watt Kathryn, Wilbourn Rachael V, Pilkington Jill G, Harrington Lea, Pemberton Josephine M, Nussey Daniel H
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Telomere length (TL) is considered an important biomarker of whole-organism health and aging. Across humans and other vertebrates, short telomeres are associated with increased subsequent mortality risk, but the processes responsible for this correlation remain uncertain. A key unanswered question is whether TL-mortality associations arise due to positive effects of genes or early-life environment on both an...
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