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The application of genetics approaches to the study of exceptional longevity in humans: potential and limitations

The average life-span of the population of industrialized countries has improved enormously over the last decades. Despite evidence pointing to the role of food intake in modulating life-span, exceptional longevity is still considered primarily an inheritable trait, as pointed out by the description...

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Autores principales: Ferrario, Anna, Villa, Francesco, Malovini, Alberto, Araniti, Fiorella, Puca, Annibale A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3407776/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22524405
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-4933-9-7