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. 2020 Feb 4;117(5):2248-2249.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1920300117. Epub 2020 Jan 24.

On the correlation between telomere shortening rate and life span

Ion Udroiu  1
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On the correlation between telomere shortening rate and life span

Ion Udroiu. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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Fig. 1.
Correlations between TSR and (A) MLS and (B) mass. Dashed lines represent simple regression lines. Blue, Rodentia; green, primates; yellow, Carnivora; red, Artiodactyla; orange, Perissodactyla; black, Aves.
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  • Telomere shortening rate predicts species life span.
    Whittemore K, Vera E, Martínez-Nevado E, Sanpera C, Blasco MA. Whittemore K, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2019 Jul 23;116(30):15122-15127. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1902452116. Epub 2019 Jul 8. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2019. PMID: 31285335 Free PMC article.

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