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Telomere Length Shortens With Age in Chinese Alligators (Alligator sinensis)

Min Xu Anhui Province Key Laboratory for Conservation and Exploitation of Biological Resource, College of Life Sciences Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241000, PR China
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Xiao-Bing Wu Anhui Province Key Laboratory for Conservation and Exploitation of Biological Resource, College of Life Sciences Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241000, PR China
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Peng Yan Anhui Province Key Laboratory for Conservation and Exploitation of Biological Resource, College of Life Sciences Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241000, PR China
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Hai-tao Zhu Anhui Province Key Laboratory for Conservation and Exploitation of Biological Resource, College of Life Sciences Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241000, PR China
Pages 109-112 | Received 10 Nov 2008, Accepted 21 Feb 2009, Published online: 14 Nov 2011

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