An Evolutionary Review of Human Telomere Biology: The Thrifty Telomere Hypothesis and Notes on Potential Adaptive Paternal Effects

作者: Dan T.A. Eisenberg

DOI: 10.1002/AJHB.21127

关键词: Natural selectionTelomere biologyMechanism (biology)Premature agingThrifty phenotypeAcquired immune systemGeneticsTelomereOffspringBiology

摘要: Telomeres, repetitive DNA sequences found at the ends of linear chromosomes, play a role in regulating cellular proliferation, and shorten with increasing age in proliferating human …

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