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Shark DNA could hold answers to how we age

Shark DNA could hold answers to how we ageWorldPing

Age isn't just a number for one of the ocean's top apex predators. It's a mystery University of Georgia researchers are solving. A new UGA study has determined how to estimate the age of sharks by analyzing changes to individual animals' DNA.

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