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The Long and Short of Fertility and Longevity

Does life span extension come with a reproductive trade-off? In a recent report published in Nature, Greer et al. (2010) show that in the nematode worm C. elegans, life span extension, as a consequence of deficiencies in histone methylation, requires an intact germ line and ongoing fertility.

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Main Authors: Suh, Yousin, Vijg, Jan
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2010
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2991055/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20816086
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2010.08.009
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