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Molecular regulation of lifespan extension in fertile ant workers
The evolution of sociality in insects caused a divergence in lifespan between reproductive and non-reproductive castes. Ant queens can live for decades, while most workers survive only weeks to a few years. In most organisms, longevity is traded-off with reproduction, but in social insects, these tw...
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| Published in: | Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci |
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| Main Authors: | , , , , |
| Format: | Artigo |
| Language: | Inglês |
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The Royal Society
2021
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| Online Access: | https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7938160/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33678017 https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0736 |
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