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Telomere Length in Metaphase Chromosomes of Human Triploid Zygotes
- Anna A. Pendina,
- Mikhail I. Krapivin,
- Olga A. Efimova,
- Andrei V. Tikhonov,
- Irina D. Mekina,
- Evgeniia M. Komarova,
- Alla S. Koltsova,
- Alexander M. Gzgzyan,
- Igor Yu. Kogan and
- Olga G. Chiryaeva
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The human lifespan is strongly influenced by telomere length (TL) which is defined in a zygote—when two highly specialised haploid cells form a new diploid organism. Although TL is a variable parameter, it fluctuates in a limited range. We aimed to e...