Genetics of aging: Lessons from centenarians

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 15-21

  Gonos, Efstathios S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aging; Centenarians; Genes; Human; Longevity; Senescence

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ALLELE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE; GENETICS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LONGEVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENESCENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANIMALS; HUMANS; LONGEVITY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034141383     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0531-5565(99)00075-3     Document Type: Review

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