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Heritability of human lifespan is about 50% when confounding factors are addressed
2025-04-21
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The heritability of human lifespan is a fundamental question in biology. Current estimates of heritability are low - twin studies show that about 20-25% of the variation in lifespan is explained by genetics, and some large family pedigree studies suggest it is as low as 7%. However, these studies do not distinguish between deaths driven by intrinsic biological processes and deaths caused by extrinsic factors such...
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- d106c24d-ac3a-5940-aa4f-305bdd25be67
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- 10.1101/2025.04.20.649385