Reexamining the association between fertility and longevity: Testing the disposable soma theory in a modern human sample of twins

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 499-509

  Chereji, Elizabeth ^a   Gatz, Margaret ^a,b   Pedersen, Nancy L ^a,b   Prescott, Carol A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Disposable Soma Theory.; Fertility; Longevity; Twins

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MALE; SWEDEN; TWINS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE; SWEDEN; TWINS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876209066     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/gls218     Document Type: Article

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