STUDY OF NORMAL HUMAN VARIABILITY AND CROSS CULTURAL AGING

这一项目是一项持续的合作努力， 以及其他国家和国际实验室， 正常遗传标记的收集、评价和解释 为了研究遗传和外来因素的跨文化模式， 因素，因为它们与正常老化和迟发性疾病有关， 包括骨质流失、骨关节炎、阿尔茨海默病、乳腺癌， 肌萎缩侧索硬化症和帕金森痴呆症。 具体地说， 本研究的目的是：（1）研究跨文化模式 遗传和非遗传因素，以更好地了解 正常老化的过程。B）研究 皮纹学、侧优势、虹膜结构等遗传学 BLSA参与者和其他对照样本中的变量，以及 迟发性疾病患者。

This project represents an ongoing collaborative effort, involving WHO and other national and international laboratories to coordinate the collection, evaluation and interpretation of Normal Genetic Markers in order to study the cross-cultural patterns of genetic and extraneous factors, as they relate to normative aging and to diseases with late onset, including bone loss, osteoarthritis, Alzheimer's disease, breast cancer, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and Parkinsonism dementia. Specifically, the objectives of this study are: A) To study the cross cultural patterns of genetic and non-genetic factors in an effort to better understand the process of normative aging. B) To study the distribution of dermatoglyphics, lateral dominance, iris structure and other genetic variables in BLSA participants and other control samples, as well as in patients with late onset diseases.