Longevity defined as top 10% survivors and beyond is transmitted as a quantitative genetic trait

Longevity defined as top 10% survivors and beyond is transmitted as a quantitative genetic trait

Longevity defined as top 10% survivors and beyond is transmitted as a quantitative genetic trait, Published online: 07 January 2019; doi:10.1038/s41467-018-07925-0

While human lifespan is only moderately heritable, "getting old" runs in families. Here, van den Berg et al. study mortality data from three-generation cohorts to define a threshold for longevity and find that individuals have an increasing survival advantage with each additional relative in the top 10% survivors of their birth cohort.

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