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Comment
. 2015 Jan;23(1):3-4.
doi: 10.1038/ejhg.2014.65. Epub 2014 Apr 23.

Possible technical and biological explanations for the 'parental telomere length inheritance discrepancy' enigma

Tim De Meyer  1 , Dan T A Eisenberg  2
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Possible technical and biological explanations for the 'parental telomere length inheritance discrepancy' enigma

Tim De Meyer et al. Eur J Hum Genet. 2015 Jan.
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