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Epigenetic inheritance and aging

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

Marion J Lamb*
Affiliation:
Birkbeck College, University of London, UK
*
Marion Lamb, Biology Department, Birkbeck College, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX, UK.

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Biological gerontology
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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