The influence of gender on inheritance of exceptional longevity

Aging

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 412-418

  Deluty, Jennifer A ^a   Atzmon, Gil ^a,b   Crandall, Jill ^a   Barzilai, Nir ^a   Milman, Sofiya ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Centenarians; Gender; Inheritance; Longevity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84935473127     PISSN: 19454589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18632/aging.100763     Document Type: Article

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