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Steve Horvath,
Kenneth Raj
(2018).
DNA methylation-based biomarkers and the epigenetic clock theory of ageing.
Nature Reviews Genetics
, 19
(6)
, 371-384.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41576-018-0004-3
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- DOI
- 10.1038/s41576-018-0004-3