Slower rates of accumulation of DNA damage in leukocytes correlate with longer lifespans across several species of birds and mammals.

Aging (Albany NY) · 2019 · PMC6874430 · PMID 31730540

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Here we also noticed a mild trend for species with longer maximum lifespans to have a lower rate of increase of percent short telomeres, thus accumulating short telomeres more slowly with age.

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