Posted by Donna Hobgood on June 21, 2012, 9:28 pm
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22708441
Wish I had the full text of this article- about longevity and 5HTT, a candidate gene for Perfectionism. My guess is that the short allele is associated with less longevity- this based on the research about the lack of resilience shown by the short allele of 5HTT- instead it shows characteristics of plasticity- good in good environments and bad in bad environments; of course Perfectionists probably have greater longevity in good environments (compared to non-perfectionists) since non-perfectionists seem not particularly helped by good environments (nor harmed by bad environments).
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