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Possible Role of Repeated Nucleotide Sequences in DNA in the Evolution of Life Spans of Differentiated Cells

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THE life span of cells from tissues which do not regenerate can vary by a factor of forty to fifty between species for a given tissue. It seems probable that this is a function of different rates of the same molecular processes rather than of qualitative differences in the ageing process in cells of different species.

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MEDVEDEV, Z. Possible Role of Repeated Nucleotide Sequences in DNA in the Evolution of Life Spans of Differentiated Cells. Nature 237, 453–454 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/237453a0

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