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Telomeres eventually end, and that's the difference.
by bufferoverflow 7y ago
Telomeres eventually end, and that's the difference.
- alok-g 7y agoIt would help if you can explain more. If telomere's ending were of significance, then their lengths would be a good predictor of life span. The OP is saying that it's not the length but the shorting rate that counts.
- bufferoverflow 7y agoThe length too. We've known that for a while. The rate is this new discovery (though not really, we've known it since 2018). 2017: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5425118/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5425118/ 2012: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3277142/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3277142/