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A massive study of family trees finds no gene for longevity

01-Mar-2018

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Birth and death dates of more than 86 million people compared.

Studied family trees over the last several hundred years.

16 percent variation in how long people live is due to genes.

Project led by MyHeritage and published in Science.

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Science

Peer-reviewed academic online journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

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Life Expectancy