Genomics of human longevity

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1561, 2011, Pages 35-42

  Slagboom, P E ^a,b   Beekman, M ^a   Passtoors, W M ^a   Deelen, J ^a   Vaarhorst, A A M ^a   Boer, J M ^a   Van Den Akker, E B ^a   Van Heemst, D ^a   De Craen, A J M ^a   Maier, A B ^a   Rozing, M ^a   Mooijaart, S P ^a   Heijmans, B T ^a   Westendorp, R G J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Netherlands Consortium for Healthy Ageing   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Epigenetics and ageing; Human longevity; Longevity genomics

Indexed keywords

AGING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; LONGEVITY; PHENOTYPE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79251506677     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0284     Document Type: Article

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