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Maroun Bou Sleiman1, Suheeta Roy2, Arwen W Gao1

  • 1Laboratory of Integrative Systems Physiology, Institute of Bioengineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne 1015, Switzerland.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|September 29, 2022
PubMed
まとめ

遺伝的変異は寿命に影響し 老化と健康に関する洞察を与えます この研究では ネズミとヒトの長寿に影響を与える 重要な遺伝子と遺伝効果を特定し 保存された長寿遺伝子のいくつかを検証しました

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