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Tick Tock: DNA Methylation, the Epigenetic Clock and Exceptional Longevity

Karen A Mather1 Centre for Healthy Brain Aging, School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW2052, Australia
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Nicola J Armstrong2 Department of Mathematics & Statistics, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA6150, Australia
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Anbupalam Thalamuthu1 Centre for Healthy Brain Aging, School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW2052, Australia
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John BJ Kwok3 Neuroscience Research Australia, Sydney, NSW2031, Australia;4 School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW2052, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 1577-1582 | Received 30 Sep 2016, Accepted 06 Oct 2016, Published online: 18 Nov 2016

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