Longevity defined as top 10% survivors and beyond is transmitted as a quantitative genetic trait
While human lifespan is only moderately heritable, “getting old” runs in families. Here, van den Berg et al. study mortality data from three-generation cohorts to define a threshold for longevity and find that individuals have an increasing survival advantage with each additional relative in the top...
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Autores principales: | Niels van den Berg, Mar Rodríguez-Girondo, Ingrid K. van Dijk, Rick J. Mourits, Kees Mandemakers, Angelique A. P. O. Janssens, Marian Beekman, Ken R. Smith, P. Eline Slagboom |
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Lenguaje: | EN |
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Nature Portfolio
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://doaj.org/article/44642dfb9cb94830b8332d5e5db86fc0 |
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