telomere length
http://www.ebi.ac.uk/efo/EFO_0004505
Term info
definition
A measurement of telomere length measures the number of TTAGGG repeats at the end of the chromosome. As cell division proceeds telomeres shorten, telomere length is measure of cellular aging.
definition citation
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3370421/
gwas trait
true
term editor
Helen Parkinson