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. 2014 Jan;22(1):8-9.
doi: 10.1038/ejhg.2013.202. Epub 2013 Sep 11.

Inconsistent inheritance of telomere length (TL): is offspring TL more strongly correlated with maternal or paternal TL?

Dan T A Eisenberg  1
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Inconsistent inheritance of telomere length (TL): is offspring TL more strongly correlated with maternal or paternal TL?

Dan T A Eisenberg. Eur J Hum Genet. 2014 Jan.
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