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Sex gap in aging and longevity: can sex chromosomes play a role?

It is well known that women live longer than men. This gap is observed in most human populations and can even reach 10–15 years. In addition, most of the known super centenarians (i.e., humans who lived for > 110 years) are women. The differences in life expectancy between men and women are often...

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Autores principales: Marais, Gabriel A.B., Gaillard, Jean-Michel, Vieira, Cristina, Plotton, Ingrid, Sanlaville, Damien, Gueyffier, François, Lemaitre, Jean-Francois
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6050741/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30016998
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13293-018-0181-y