Henric Olsson

Aug 27, 2024 | nature.com | Ryan S. Dhindsa |Katherine Smith |Henric Olsson |Adam Platt |Dimitrios M. Vitsios

AbstractTelomeres protect chromosome ends from damage and their length is linked with human disease and aging. We developed a joint telomere length metric, combining quantitative PCR and whole-genome sequencing measurements from 462,666 UK Biobank participants. This metric increased SNP heritability, suggesting that it better captures genetic regulation of telomere length.