Sentence examples for case of longevity from inspiring English sources
Even in the case of longevity this is a mean-spirited and indeed narrow-minded way of thinking about the issue.
The correlation is supported in the case of longevity (PP = 0.01; table 1) and remains so in partial correlation (i.e., controlling for d S, body mass and maturity; PP = 0.01; table 1).
DNA was extracted from the buffy coats of blood samples taken from donors and genotyped on Illumina Infinium HumanHAP300 arrays (HumanHAP550 array in the case of the longevity sample) according to the manufacturer's instructions.
We therefore set out to determine which of these 281 SNPs were associated with longevity in a meta-analysis that included the two original studies, in addition to a case control study of longevity with nonagenarians and centenarians from the Southern Italian Centenarian Study [ 2], and a case control study of nonagenarians and centenarians from the Long Life Family Study [ 3].
Cases of extreme longevity require detailed scrutiny because they would be so incredibly rare.
In some cases of exceptional longevity, written records reveal that the individual has mysteriously changed sex or species from beginning to end, hinting at a surreptitious replacement.
We also conducted a computer search for cases of exceptional longevity in a collection of over 4 million computerized historical family-linked records for persons born in the United States.
But genes may be more determining in cases of extreme longevity.
In addition, twin studies have shown that genetics explains 25% of variation in survival into the ninth decade of life, and this influence becomes more significant in cases of extreme longevity (EL, ≥ 100 years of age), which is a rare phenotype, occurring in only 1/5000 individuals (Herskind et al., 1996; Perls et al., 2007; Westendorp et al., 2009; Sebastiani & Perls, 2012).
It is the curse of longevity.
In the case of birds, where longevity and age at sexual maturity were recorded, we used the mean traits at the genus level.
