High social status males experience accelerated epigenetic aging in wild baboons

High social status males experience accelerated epigenetic aging in wild baboons

Aging, for virtually all life, is inescapable. However, within populations, biological aging rates vary. Understanding sources of variation in this process is central to understanding the biodemography of natural populations. We constructed a DNA methylation-based age predictor for an intensively st...

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Main Authors: Jordan A Anderson, Rachel A Johnston, Amanda J Lea, Fernando A Campos, Tawni N Voyles, Mercy Y Akinyi, Susan C Alberts, Elizabeth A Archie, Jenny Tung
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2021-04-01
Series:eLife
Subjects:
biological age
epigenetic clock
DNA methylation
dominance rank
primates
Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/66128

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