DNA methylation aging clocks: challenges and recommendations

Christopher G. Bell; Robert Lowe; Peter D. Adams; Andrea Baccarelli; Stephan Beck; Jordana T. Bell; Brock C. Christensen; Vadim N. Gladyshev; Bastiaan T. Heijmans; Steve Horvath; Trey Ideker; Jean‐Pierre J. Issa; Karl T. Kelsey; Riccardo E. Marioni; Wolf Reik; Caroline L. Relton; Leonard C. Schalkwyk; Andrew E. Teschendorff; Wolfgang Wagner; Kang Zhang; Vardhman K. Rakyan

doi:10.1186/s13059-019-1824-y

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BiologyEpigenomicsDNA methylationEpigeneticsHuman geneticsEvolutionary biologyComputational biologyLongevityBiomarkerMolecular clockPopulationGeneticsCpG siteGeneGene expressionDemography

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Year: 2019
Type: review
Volume: 20
Issue: 1
Pages: 249-249
Citations: 1001
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                                    Christopher G. Bell, 
                                
                                    Robert Lowe, 
                                
                                    Peter D. Adams
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2019). 
                            DNA methylation aging clocks: challenges and recommendations. 
                            Genome biology
                            , 20
                            (1)
                            , 249-249.
                            https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-019-1824-y
                        

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DOI: 10.1186/s13059-019-1824-y