The Intergenerational Clock: How Advanced Parental Age Shapes Offspring Biological Aging, Longevity and

Jyoti Mishra1

  • 1Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IIT Kanpur), U.P. - 208016, India.

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