HUMAN LONGEVITY IS INFLUENCED BY MANY GENETIC VARIANTS: EVIDENCE FROM 75,000 UK BIOBANK PARTICIPANTS
Luke C Pilling, Janice L Atkins, Kirsty Bowman, Samuel E Jones, Jessica Tyrrell, Robin N Beaumont, Katherine S Ruth, Marcus A Tuke, Hanieh Yaghootkar, Andrew R Wood, Rachel M Freathy, Anna Murray, Michael N Weedon, Luting Xue, Kathryn Lunetta, , David Melzer
This study identifies genetic variants associated with parental longevity using GWAS on 75,000 UK Biobank participants, finding multiple protective factors linked to longer lifespan.
bioRxiv · Feb 1, 2016Genomics