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 "approved_by_author": "\u231b",
 "citation": "Lu, A. T., et al. \"Universal DNA methylation age across mammalian tissues.\" Nature Aging 3.9 (2023): 1144-1166.",
 "citations": 415,
 "citations_date": "2026-10-02",
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 "data_type": "DNA methylation",
 "doi": "https://doi.org/10.1038/s43587-023-00462-6",
 "journal": "Nature Aging",
 "last_author": "Steve Horvath",
 "model_type": "elastic net regression",
 "n_features": 2467,
 "notes": "Universal pan-mammalian clock 3 fits a log-linear age transformation based on gestation and sexual maturity and returns chronological age in years.",
 "platform": [
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 ],
 "population": "multiple mammalian species",
 "postprocess": "mammalian3",
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 "species": "multiple species",
 "tissue": [
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 "unit": [
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 "version": "0.5.7",
 "year": 2023
}