{
 "approved_by_author": "\u2705",
 "citation": "Meyer, David H., and Bj\u00f6rn Schumacher. \"BiT age: A transcriptome-based aging clock near the theoretical limit of accuracy.\" Aging Cell 20 (2021): e13320.",
 "citations": 173,
 "citations_date": "2026-07-05",
 "clock_name": "bitage",
 "data_type": "transcriptomics",
 "doi": "https://doi.org/10.1111/acel.13320",
 "journal": "Aging Cell",
 "last_author": "Bj\u00f6rn Schumacher",
 "model_type": "elastic net regression",
 "n_features": 576,
 "notes": "Binarized whole-organism C. elegans RNA-seq clock that estimates temporally rescaled biological age; the released linear predictor sums coefficients for genes binarized on plus a 103.55-hour intercept.",
 "platform": [
  "RNA-seq"
 ],
 "population": "Caenorhabditis elegans",
 "predicts": [
  "biological age"
 ],
 "preprocess": "binarize",
 "research_only": null,
 "species": "Caenorhabditis elegans",
 "tissue": [
  "whole organism"
 ],
 "training_target": [
  "biological age"
 ],
 "unit": [
  "hours"
 ],
 "version": "0.5.0",
 "year": 2021
}