Historical demography and longevity genetics: Back to the future

Ageing Research Reviews

Volumn 38, Issue , 2017, Pages 28-39

  van den Berg, Niels ^a   Beekman, Marian ^a   Smith, Ken Robert ^b   Janssens, Angelique ^c   Slagboom, Pieternella Eline ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Demography; Genetics; Historical data; Inheritance; Longevity; Review

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GRANDPARENT; HERITABILITY; HISTORICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; LONGEVITY; MEDICAL HISTORY; PEDIGREE; PROGENY; REVIEW; TWIN STUDY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; PHENOTYPE;

DEMOGRAPHY; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 85026886681     PISSN: 15681637     EISSN: 18729649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2017.06.005     Document Type: Review

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