Somatic Point Mutations in mtDNA Control Region Are Influenced by Genetic Background and Associated with Healthy Aging: A GEHA Study

• Giuseppina Rose,

  Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, University of Calabria, Rende, Italy

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• Giuseppe Romeo,

  Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, University of Calabria, Rende, Italy

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• Serena Dato,

  Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, University of Calabria, Rende, Italy

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• Paolina Crocco,

  Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, University of Calabria, Rende, Italy

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• Amalia C. Bruni,

  Affiliation Regional Center for NeuroGenetics, Lamezia Terme, Italy

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• Antti Hervonen,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Gerontology, Tampere School of Public Health, Tampere, Finland

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• Kari Majamaa,

  Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

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• Federica Sevini,

  Affiliation Interdepartmental Centre “Luigi Galvani” (CIG), University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

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• Claudio Franceschi,

  Affiliation Interdepartmental Centre “Luigi Galvani” (CIG), University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

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• Giuseppe Passarino ,

  * E-mail: g.passarino@unical.it

  Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, University of Calabria, Rende, Italy

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• the GEHA Project Consortium

  ¶Membership of the GEHA Project Consortium is provided in the Acknowledgments.

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