Blood cell telomere lengths and shortening rates of chimpanzee and human females

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 452-460

  Tackney, Justin ^a   Cawthon, Richard M ^b   Coxworth, James E ^a   Hawkes, Kristen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PAN TROGLODYTES; TELOMERE; TELOMERE SHORTENING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PAN TROGLODYTES; TELOMERE; TELOMERE SHORTENING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901818199     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.22538     Document Type: Article

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