Tripartite Phenotype of Aging diagram (IMAGE)

University of Southern California

Tripartite Phenotype of Aging diagram

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The Tripartite Phenotype of Aging is a model describing how genetics, environmental factors, and stochastic, or chance, variations shape longevity.

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