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Biological evidence for inheritance of exceptional longevity.
Mechanisms of ageing and development - 1 Feb 2005
Atzmon Gil, Rincon Marielisa, Rabizadeh Pegah, Barzilai Nir
Abstract excerpt
Subjects with exceptional longevity have a lower incidence and/or significant delay in the onset of age-related disease, and their family members may inherit biological factors that modulate aging processes and disease susceptibility. In a case control study, we aim to determine phenotype and genotype of exceptional longevity in a genetically homogenous population (Ashkenazi Jews), and their offspring, while an...
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