Do Changes in Chromosomes Cause Aging?
July 1996
in “
Cell
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chromosomes aging genetic factors epigenetic factors Werner's Syndrome WRN gene premature aging accumulated damage genetic programming model organisms Drosophila C. elegans yeast cellular-level processes oxidative damage telomere shortening loss of silencing DNA damage genes fruit flies roundworms baker's yeast cell damage chromosome changes
Studysummary This review discusses genetic and epigenetic mechanisms that may contribute to aging and presents models suggesting that chromosomal changes could play a key role in the aging process; it reports no new experimental findings.
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