Age-, sex- and proximal–distal-resolved multi-omics identifies regulators of intestinal aging in non-human primates
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ORGANISM(S): Macaca Fascicularis Fascicularis
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Lunzhi Dai
PROVIDER: PXD039361 | iProX | Thu Jan 18 00:00:00 GMT 2024
REPOSITORIES: iProX
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