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Rethinking the heritability of aging

By Daniela Bakula, Morten Scheibye-Knudsen
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Abstract

The genetic contribution to human longevity is greater than previously thought.

The paper

Daniela Bakula, Morten Scheibye-Knudsen

University of Copenhagen

Science, 29 Jan 2026

doi.org/10.1126/science.aee3844PubMed 41610247

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