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Spousal concordance in telomere length: New evidence from older adults in the US

Telomere length (TL) has been associated with a range of aging outcomes as well as mortality. Recent research has shown both high heritability (~70%) of TL as well as moderate spousal similarity (r~0.3) using European datasets. This paper explores the level of spousal concordance in telomere length...

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Autor principal: Fletcher, Jason M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6211628/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30383762
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0202388