Late-in-Life Fertility Could Indicate Longevity Genes

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Women who give birth in their 40s and 50s tend to live longer -- and their brothers do, too. These new sibling findings from the University of Utah suggest that late-in-life fertility is proof of a genetic makeup that increases longevity.

The fertility-longevity link, already suggested in earlier studies of women, was expanded by researchers who studied the records of Utah Mormon pioneers and Quebec Catholics, all of whom lived before the advent of modern contraception and in-vitro fertilization.

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Late-in-Life Fertility Could Indicate Longevity Genes

The researchers found that women who gave birth at age 45 or older were 14 percent to 17 per...

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