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Ralph G Meyer1,2,3, Mirella L Meyer-Ficca1,3

  • 1Department of Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Sciences, College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84332, USA.

Advances in Geriatric Medicine and Research
|February 8, 2021
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Keywords:
DNA integrityagingchromatindevelopmental origin of health and disease (DOHaD)nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD)redox stressreproductive healthspermtestistestosterone

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