Epigenetic Clock in Bears: A Simple Cost‐Effective Blood DNA Methylation‐Based Age Estimation Method Applicable to Multiple Bear Species - Shimozuru, Michito; Nakamura, Shiori; Yamazaki, Jumpei; Yanagawa, Yojiro; Tamatani, Hiroo; Kuroe, Misako; Yamazaki, Koji; Koike, Shinsuke; Goto, Yusuke; Naganuma, Tomoko; Tochigi, Kahoko; Inagaki, Akino; et al. (Ecology and evolution, 2025)
Keywords: Accuracy; Age; Age determination; age estimation; Aging; Animal research; bear; Bears; Bisulfite; Blood; carnivore; Chronology; CpG islands; Cytosine; Deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA; DNA methylation; epigenetic clock; Epigenetics; Females; Genes; Genetic testing; Laboratory animals; Life history; Males; Methods; Ursus thibetanus; Wildlife; Wildlife conservation; Japan; DNA methylation; carnivore; bear; aging; age estimation; epigenetic clock