Age estimation based on DNA methylation levels suggests that hibernation arrests biological ageing in wild yellow-bellied marmots.
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Anderson, J.A., Tung, J. The biology of beauty sleep. Nat Ecol Evol 6, 351–352 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-022-01683-5
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