Data from complete mtDNA sequencing of Tunisian centenarians: Testing haplogroup association and the "golden mean" to longevity

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 222-226

  Costa, Marta D ^a   Cherni, Lotfi ^b   Fernandes, Verónica ^a   Freitas, Fernando ^a   Ammar el Gaaied, Amel Ben ^b   Pereira, Luísa ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^c University of Porto   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Centenarians; Complete sequencing; mtDNA; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE POOL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUNISIA;

ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; TUNISIA;

EID: 60549112166     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2008.12.001     Document Type: Article

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