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Analyzing age-specific genetic effects on human extreme age survival in cohort-based longitudinal studies.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Apr 2013
Tan Qihua, Jacobsen Rune, Sørensen Mette, Christiansen Lene, Kruse Torben A, Christensen Kaare
Abstract excerpt
The analysis of age-specific genetic effects on human survival over extreme ages is confronted with a deceleration pattern in mortality that deviates from traditional survival models and sparse genetic data available. As human late life is a distinct phase of life history, exploring the genetic effects on extreme age survival can be of special interest to evolutionary biology and health science. We introduce a...
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