Ticking time bombs of DNA mutation may dictate when animals die - Livescience.com
4/26/2022 12:00:00 AM3 yearsago
by Nicoletta Lanese
by Nicoletta Lanese
Animals pick up mutations at different rates.
Animals carry "mutational clocks" in their cells that dictate how quickly their DNA picks up mutations. And across species, animals tend to die once they've hit a certain number of mutations, new res… [+9998 chars]
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