Human longevity within an evolutionary perspective: The peculiar paradigm of a post-reproductive genetics

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 53-60

  Capri, Miriam ^a   Salvioli, Stefano ^a   Monti, Daniela ^b   Caruso, Calogero ^c   Candore, Giuseppina ^c   Vasto, Sonya ^c   Olivieri, Fabiola ^d   Marchegiani, Francesca ^d   Sansoni, Paolo ^e   Baggio, Giovannella ^f   Mari, Daniela ^g   Passarino, Giuseppe ^h   De Benedictis, Giovanna ^h   Franceschi, Claudio ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^d INRCA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antagonistic pleiotropy; Centenarians; Genetics; Longevity

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AGING; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; CENTENARIAN; COMPUTER MODEL; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DARWINIAN THEORY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EVOLUTION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FATALITY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFLAMMATION; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PHENOTYPE; PLEIOTROPY; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTOR; SENESCENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT SURVEY; SURVIVAL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EVOLUTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REPRODUCTION;

HOMO SAPIENS;

EID: 38149093342     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2007.06.004     Document Type: Short Survey

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