Genomics of ageing in twins

Proceedings of the Nutrition Society

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 526-531

  Mangino, Massimo ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Heritability; Omics; Twins

Indexed keywords

AGING; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; GENOMICS; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESTYLE; LONGEVITY; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; NUTRITION; RISK FACTOR; STUDY DESIGN; SURVIVAL; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DNA METHYLATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; LIFESPAN; METABOLOMICS; METAGENOMICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TWINS; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING;

AGING; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOMICS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HUMANS; METABOLOMICS; RISK FACTORS; TWIN STUDIES AS TOPIC; TWINS;

EID: 84938057020     PISSN: 00296651     EISSN: 14752719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0029665114000640     Document Type: Conference Paper

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