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Longevity Is Moderately Heritable in a Sample of Danish Twins Born 1870-1880

1 Nov 1993

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The heritability of human longevity was investigated in a sample of 218 pairs of monozygotic (MZ) and 382 pairs of like-sex dizygotic (DZ) Danish twin pairs born 1870-1880. Twin similarity for age at death was significant for MZ twins but nonsignificant for DZ twins. The heritability (h2) of life span estimated from the best-fitting biometrical model was statistically significant but moderate in magnitude (h2 =...

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PMID: 8227991
DOI: 10.1093/geronj/48.6.b237

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