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Surveying Low-Cost Methods to Measure Lifespan and Healthspan in Caenorhabditis elegans
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Genetics of aging in Caenorhabditis elegans
1Huffington Center on Aging, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA. aantebi@bcm.edu
Plos Genetics
|October 3, 2007
Abstract:
A dissection of longevity in Caenorhabditis elegans reveals that animal life span is influenced by genes, environment, and stochastic factors. From molecules to physiology, a remarkable degree of evolutionary conservation is seen.
