An epigenetic aging clock for dogs and wolves

Aging

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 1055-1068

  Thompson, Michael J ^a   von Holdt, Bridgett ^b   Horvath, Steve ^c   Pellegrini, Matteo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological age; Canine; DNA methylation; Dog; Epigenetic clock; Wolf

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; DNA METHYLATION; DOG; FEMALE; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; MALE; WOLF;

AGING; ANIMALS; DNA METHYLATION; DOGS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; MALE; WOLVES;

EID: 85016635434     PISSN: 19454589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18632/aging.101211     Document Type: Article

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