Atul Gawande Quotes

It Turns Out That Inheritance Has Surprisingly Little Influence On Longevity. James Vaupel, Of The Max Planck Institute For Demographic Research, In Rostock, Germany, Notes That Only 3 Percent Of How Long You'll Live, Compared With The Average, Is Explained By Your Parents' Longevity; By Contrast, Up To 90 Percent Of How Tall You Are Is Explained By Your Parents' Height. Even Genetically Identical Twins Vary Widely In Life Span: The Typical Gap Is More Than Fifteen Years. If Our Genes Explain Less Than We Imagined, The Classical Wear-and-tear Model May Explain More Than We Knew.

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