Variants near CHRNA3/5 and APOE have age- and sex-related effects on human lifespan

Understanding the genetic influences on human aging requires a large number of subjects for a study of sufficient power. Here, Jim Wilson and colleagues use information on parental ages at death to show that common variants near the genes for apolipoprotein E and nicotinic acetylcholine receptor sub...

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Main Authors: Peter K. Joshi, Krista Fischer, Katharina E. Schraut, Harry Campbell, Tõnu Esko, James F. Wilson
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2016
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/8e27ea7a9faf4fdf809be7c157f8f6a1
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