A meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies identifies multiple longevity genes

Human longevity is heritable, but genome-wide association (GWA) studies have had limited success. Here, we perform two meta-analyses of GWA studies of a rigorous longevity phenotype definition including 11,262/3484 cases surviving at or beyond the age corresponding to the 90th/99th survival percenti...

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Main Authors: Deelen, J, Evans, DS, Arking, DE, Tesi, N, Nygaard, M, Liu, X, Wojczynski, MK, Biggs, ML, Van Der Spek, A, Atzmon, G, Ware, EB, Sarnowski, C, Smith, AV, Seppälä, I, Cordell, HJ, Dose, J, Amin, N, Arnold, AM, Ayers, KL, Barzilai, N, Becker, EJ, Beekman, M, Blanché, H, Christensen, K, Christiansen, L
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Springer Nature 2019