Telomere Length in Male Germ Cells Is Inversely Correlated with Telomerase Activity1
Open Access
- 1 August 2000
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Biology of Reproduction
- Vol. 63 (2) , 591-598
- https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod63.2.591
Abstract
Telomeres, the noncoding sequences at the ends of chromosomes, progressively shorten with each cellular division. Spermatozoa have very long telomereKeywords
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