The rate we acquire genetic mutations could help predict lifespan, fertility
Saturday, June 20, 2020 - 18:40
in Biology & Nature
Differences in the rate that genetic mutations accumulate in healthy young adults could help predict remaining lifespan in both sexes and the remaining years of fertility in women, according to scientists. Their study, believed to be the first of its kind, found that young adults who acquired fewer mutations over time lived about five years longer than those who acquired them more rapidly.