Genetic variations seem to have an impact on the ages when a woman enters both puberty and menopause, researchers report.
These findings might lead to ways to help predict the timing of menopause, which marks the end of a woman’s reproductive phase of life.
“Genetics only explains about half of the variability with the other half due to factors such as smoking. So, genetics will never be able to precisely predict a woman’s age at menopause,” said study co-author Anna Murray, senior lecturer in human genetics at the University of Exeter Medical School in Exeter, England.
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