Detecting telomere elongation in longitudinal datasets: analysis of a proposal by Simons, Stulp and Nakagawa
Telomere shortening has emerged as an important biomarker of aging. Longitudinal studies consistently find that, although telomere length shortens over time on average, there is a subset of individuals for whom telomere length is observed to increase. This apparent lengthening could either be a genu...
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PeerJ Inc.
2017-04-01
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| Online Access: | https://peerj.com/articles/3265.pdf |