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longevity of cloned mammals

Peter James Lawrence Peter at fseg.gre.ac.uk
Thu May 27 07:41:30 EST 1999


spring wrote:
> 
> Does anyone know if there is data on longevity of cloned mamals yet?
> This could tell us something about the role of mitochondria in resetting
> the ageing clock.

Take a look at the BBC site on Dolly the cloned sheep. Her telomeres is
shorter than would be expected in a sheep of her age born normally.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_353000/353617.stm




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