Avian telomere dynamics
Telomeres, the repetitive DNA sequences that cap eukaryotic chromosomes, are thought to play an important role in linking life conditions and senescence. In vertebrate somatic cells, telomeres shorten at each cell division, and the rate at which they do so has been linked to cellular and organismal...
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University of Glasgow
2009
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.495138 |