Aging genomes: A necessary evil in the logic of life

BioEssays

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 282-292

  Vijg, Jan ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; DNA damage; DNA epimutations; DNA mutations; DNA repair; Evolution

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEPLETION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; GENE MUTATION; GENOME; HUMAN; LIFE; LOGIC; LONGEVITY; MUTATION; NATURAL SELECTION; NEOPLASM; PHENOTYPE; PLEIOTROPY; PREMATURE AGING; ANIMAL; GENETICS;

AGING; ANIMALS; DNA DAMAGE; GENOME; HUMANS; LIFE; MUTATION;

EID: 84893763469     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: 15211878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.201300127     Document Type: Article

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