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Unravelling genetic components of longevity

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Many aging-related traits share a common genetic component. How to disentangle it from trait-specific effects has remained largely unexplored. A new study in Nature Aging uses an analysis framework for isolating the shared genetic component in GWAS of aging-related traits, and identifies genomic loci that contribute to longevity.

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Fig. 1: Genetically independent phenotypes of aging.

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  1. Department of Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY, USA

    M. Reza Jabalameli & Zhengdong D. Zhang

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Jabalameli, M.R., Zhang, Z.D. Unravelling genetic components of longevity. Nat Aging 2, 5–6 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43587-021-00162-z

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