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Figure 2. Epigenetic changes resulting in a decrease and redistribution of global heterochromatin may underlie the various models of aging. The models of free radical accumulation, genetically programmed senescence, telomere shortening, genomic instability, nutritional intake and growth signaling are distinct, yet overlapping theories of aging that may all be linked by heterochromatin redistribution.
