Telomere measurement tools: Telometric produces biased estimates of telomere length

Heredity

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 371-

  Haussmann, M F ^a   Salomons, H M ^b   Verhulst, S ^b  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LETTER; METABOLISM; STANDARD; TELOMERE;

ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; SOFTWARE; TELOMERE;

EID: 80053052373     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2011.10     Document Type: Letter

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