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Mitochondrial DNA polymorphisms are associated with the longevity in the Guangxi Bama population of China.
Molecular biology reports - 1 Sept 2012
Yang Xiurong, Wang Xinping, Yao Huilu, Deng Jixian, Jiang Qinyang, Guo Yafen, Lan Ganqiu, Liao D Joshua, Jiang Hesheng
Abstract excerpt
Human longevity is an interesting and complicated subject, with many associated variations, geographic and genetic, including some known mitochondrial variations. The population of the Bama County of Guangxi Province of China is well known for its longevity and serves as a good model for studying a potential molecular mechanism. In this study, a full sequence analysis of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) has been done in...
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