age-dependent telomere shortening

id: GO:0001309
name: age-dependent telomere shortening
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: Progressive reduction in length of the telomeres, the termini of eukaryotic chromosomes, that occurs as part of the cellular aging process.

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0001304progressive alteration of chromatin involved in replicative cell aging
GO:0010834telomere maintenance via telomere shortening