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Researchers at the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, or SIB, report in a new study that they have identified 16 new genetic markers that can negatively impact a person's lifespan.Changes in locations in the DNA sequence, like single-nucleotide polymorphisms, or SNPs, may hold the key to the length of a person's lifespan.The study, published July 27 in Nature Communications, analyzed data from 116,279 individuals and 2.3 million human SNPs using a computational method.Researchers found 16 SNPs associated with lifespan, 14 of which are new to science. Previous studies had only identified two genetic markers related to lifespan. https://www.upi.com/Health_News/2017/... http://www.wochit.com This video was produced by YT Wochit News using http://wochit.com
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Genetic marker single-nucleotide polymorphism SIB Molecular Biology Population Genetics DNA Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism Tag SNP Genome-Wide Association Study