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IIRC there are sequencing challenges for any section of DNA made up of repetitive sequences. Telomeres are made up of repetitive DNA. But there is probably som
by est31 6y ago
IIRC there are sequencing challenges for any section of DNA made up of repetitive sequences. Telomeres are made up of repetitive DNA.
But there is probably some way to do it, there might be age-related "clocks" in the metagenomics as well.
- dogma1138 6y agoNot everyone is born with the same length of telomeres and not everyone ages at the same rate so it’s not a good predictor unless you have multiple samples over a sufficiently long enough period.