Copy Number of Human Ribosomal Genes With Aging: Unchanged Mean, but Narrowed Range and Decreased Variance in Elderly Group

Introduction: The multi-copied genes coding for the human 18, 5.8, and 28S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) are located in five pairs of acrocentric chromosomes forming so-called rDNA. Human genome contains unmethylated, slightly methylated, and hypermethylated copies of rDNA. The major research question: What...

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Main Authors: Elena M. Malinovskaya, Elizaveta S. Ershova, Vera E. Golimbet, Lev N. Porokhovnik, Nataliya A. Lyapunova, Serguey I. Kutsev, Natalia N. Veiko, Svetlana V. Kostyuk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Genetics
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fgene.2018.00306/full