Assortative Mating by Ethnicity in Longevous Families
Recent work shows strong evidence of ancestry-based assortative mating in spouse pairs of the older generation of the Framingham Heart Study. Here, we extend this analysis to two studies of human longevity: the Long Life Family Study (LLFS), and the New England Centenarian Study (NECS). In the LLFS,...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2017-11-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Genetics |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fgene.2017.00186/full |