Offspring's Leukocyte Telomere Length, Paternal Age, and Telomere Elongation in Sperm

Masayuki Kimura; Lynn F Cherkas; Bernet S Kato; Serkalem Demissie; Jacob B Hjelmborg; Michael Brimacombe; Adrienne Cupples; Janice L Hunkin; Jefferey P Gardner; Xiaobin Lu; Xiaojian Cao; Malinee Sastrasinh; Michael A Province; Steven C Hunt; Kaare Christensen; Daniel Levy; Tim D Spector; Abraham Aviv

doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.0040037

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Offspring's Leukocyte Telomere Length, Paternal Age, and Telomere Elongation in Sperm

Masayuki Kimura,

Affiliation The Center of Human Development and Aging, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jeresey, United States of America
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Lynn F Cherkas,

Affiliation Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology Unit, St. Thomas' Hospital Campus, Kings College London, London, United Kingdom
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Bernet S Kato,

Affiliation Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology Unit, St. Thomas' Hospital Campus, Kings College London, London, United Kingdom
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Serkalem Demissie,

Affiliation Boston University School of Public Health, Department of Biostatistics, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Jacob B Hjelmborg,

Affiliation The Institute of Public Health, Epidemiology and Statistics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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Michael Brimacombe,

Affiliation The Center of Human Development and Aging, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jeresey, United States of America
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Adrienne Cupples,

Affiliation Boston University School of Public Health, Department of Biostatistics, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Janice L Hunkin,

Affiliation Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology Unit, St. Thomas' Hospital Campus, Kings College London, London, United Kingdom
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Jefferey P Gardner,

Affiliation The Center of Human Development and Aging, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jeresey, United States of America
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Xiaobin Lu,

Affiliation The Center of Human Development and Aging, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jeresey, United States of America
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Xiaojian Cao,

Affiliation The Center of Human Development and Aging, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jeresey, United States of America
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Malinee Sastrasinh,

Affiliation The Center of Human Development and Aging, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jeresey, United States of America
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Michael A Province,

Affiliation Division of Statistical Genomics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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Steven C Hunt,

Affiliation Cardiovascular Genetics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
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Kaare Christensen,

Affiliation The Institute of Public Health, Epidemiology and Statistics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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Daniel Levy,

Affiliation The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's Framingham Heart Study, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Tim D Spector,

Affiliation Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology Unit, St. Thomas' Hospital Campus, Kings College London, London, United Kingdom
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Abraham Aviv

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: avivab@umdnj.edu

Affiliation The Center of Human Development and Aging, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jeresey, United States of America
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Offspring's Leukocyte Telomere Length, Paternal Age, and Telomere Elongation in Sperm

Masayuki Kimura,
Lynn F Cherkas,
Bernet S Kato,
Serkalem Demissie,
Jacob B Hjelmborg,
Michael Brimacombe,
Adrienne Cupples,
Janice L Hunkin,
Jefferey P Gardner,
Xiaobin Lu

Published: February 15, 2008
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.0040037

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