Contemporary human genetic strategies in aging research

Ageing Research Reviews

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 191-200

  Bloss, Cinnamon S ^a   Pawlikowska, Ludmila ^b   Schork, Nicholas J ^c  

^a SCRIPPS TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Disease; Epidemiology; Genetics; Polymorphism; Study design

Indexed keywords

AGING; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; ORTHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; WERNER SYNDROME;

AGING; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; PHENOTYPE; RESEARCH; TELOMERE;

EID: 79952451445     PISSN: 15681637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2010.07.005     Document Type: Review

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