The heritability of human longevity: A population-based study of 2872 Danish twin pairs born 1870–1900

Berg K (1994) Lp(a) lipoprotein: an overview. Chem Phys Lipids 67/68:9–16

Christensen K, Vaupel JW, Holm NV, Yashin AI (1995) Mortality among twins after age 6: fetal origins hypothesis versus twin method. BMJ 310:432–436

Cohen BH (1964) Family pattern of mortality and life-span. Q Rev Biol 39:130–181

Fisher RA (1930) The genetical theory of natural selection. Clarendon, Oxford

Hauge M, Harvald B, Fischer M, Gotlieb-Jensen N, Juel-Nielsen N, Raebild I, et al (1968) The Danish Twin Register. Acta Genet Med Gemellol (Roma) 2:315–331

Hauge M (1981) The Danish twin register. In: Mednick SA, Baert AE, Bachmann BP (eds) Prospective longitudinal research. Oxford Medical, Oxford, pp 217–222

Heath AC, Neale MC, Hewitt JK, Eaves LJ, Fulker DW (1989) Testing structural equation models for twin data using LISREL. Behav Genet 19:9–35

Holm NV (1983) The use of twin studies to investigate causes of diseases with complex etiology with a focus on cancer (in Danish). Thesis, Odense University, Odense

Hrubec Z, Neel JV (1981) Familial factors in early deaths: twins followed 30 years to ages 51–61 in 1978. Hum Genet 59:39–46

Jarvik L, Falek A, Kallmann FJ, Lorge I (1960) Survival trends in a senescent twin population. Am J Hum Genet 12:170–179

Kervinen K, Savolainen MJ, Salokannel J, Hynninen A, Heikkinen J, Ehnholm C, et al (1994) Apolipoprotein E and B polymorphisms — longevity factors assessed in nonagenarians. Atherosclerosis 105:89–95

Lykken DT (1978) The diagnosis of zygosity in twins. Behav Genet 8:437–473

Lykken DT (1982) Research with twins: the concept of emergenesis. Psychophysiology 19:361–373

Lykken DT, McGue M, Tellegen A, Bouchard TJ (1993) Emergenesis. Genetic traits that may not run in families. Am Psychol 47:1565–1577

Mayer PJ (1991) Inheritance of longevity evinces no secular trend among members of six New England families born 1650–1874. Am J Hum Biol 3:49–58

McGue M, Vaupel JW, Holm N, Harvald B (1993) Longevity is moderately heritable in a sample of Danish twins born 1870–1880. J Gerontol 48:B237-B244

Neale MC, Cardon LR (1992) Methodology for genetic studies of twins and families, 1st edn. Kluwer, Dordrecht

Neale MC (1994) Mx: statistical modeling, 2nd edn. Department of Psychiatry, Box 710 MCV, Richmond, VA 23298, USA

Pearl R (1931) Studies on human longevity. IV. The inheritance of longevity. Hum Biol 3:245–269

Roff DA, Mousseau TA (1987) Quantitative genetics and fitness: lessons from Drosophila. Heredity 58:103–118

Schächter F, Cohen D, Kirkwood T (1993) Prospects for the genetics of human longevity. Hum Genet 91:519–526

Schächter F, Faure-Delanef L, Guénot F, Rouger H, Froguel P, Lesueur-Ginot L, et al (1994) Genetic associations with human longevity at the APOE and ACE loci. Nature Genet 6:29–32

Sørensen TIA, Nielsen GG, Andersen PK, Teasdale TW (1988) Genetic and environmental influences on premature death in adult adoptees. N Engl J Med 318:727–732

Vaupel JW (1988) Inherited frailty and longevity. Demography 25:277–287

Wyshak G (1978) Fertility and longevity in twins, sibs, and parents of twins. Soc Biol 25:315–330

Yashin Al, Iachine IA (1995) Genetic analysis of durations: Correlated frailty model applied to survival of Danish twins. Genet Epidemiol 12:529–538