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The Y chromosome may contribute to sex-specific aging in Drosophila

Heterochromatin suppresses repetitive DNA, and a loss of heterochromatin has been observed in aged cells of several species, including humans and Drosophila. Males often contain substantially more heterochromatic DNA than females, due to the presence of a large, repeat-rich Y chromosome, and male fl...

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Publié dans:Nat Ecol Evol
Auteurs principaux: Brown, Emily J., Nguyen, Alison H., Bachtrog, Doris
Format: Artigo
Langue:Inglês
Publié: 2020
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Accès en ligne:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7274899/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32313175
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-1179-5
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