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Exome and whole genome sequencing in aging and longevity.
Advances in experimental medicine and biology - 1 Jan 2015
van den Akker Erik B, Deelen Joris, Slagboom P Eline, Beekman Marian
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Calendar age is the major risk factor for common disease. It is therefore expected that understanding the aging process will eventually lead to promotion of better health conditions in elderly populations. Such insight may be obtained by identifying the genetic determinants of familial and exceptional longevity and age-related disease. Research of these determinants has been performed in candidate gene,...
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