Understanding why our genomes become more prone to mutations as we age is a key goal of ageing and cancer research. Dr. Dan Gottschling and his colleagues have identified that in budding yeast a loss of DNA and certain proteins in the mitochondria that occurs during ageing causes increase instability of the nuclear genome.
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Mitochondrial links to genomic instability in aging
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