Open AccessTelomeres and race: what can we learn about human biology from health differentials?
Author(s) -
Kaufman Jay S.,
Cooper Richard S.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
aging cell
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.103
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1474-9726
pISSN - 1474-9718
DOI - 10.1111/j.1474-9726.2008.00396.x
Subject(s) - biology , telomere , race (biology) , population , evolutionary biology , computational biology , genetics , gene , demography , sociology , botany
Summary The advent of molecular technology that can be applied across large population samples has added – rather than reduced – complexity in the analysis of the intertwined effects of social history and heritable factors on health outcomes. The report by Hunt et al . in this issue of Aging Cell provides an example of the promises and dilemmas associated with this increased complexity.