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Why men age faster but reproduce longer than women: mTOR and evolutionary perspectives

Women live longer than men. Yet, it is believed that men do not age faster than women but simply are weaker at every age. In contrast, I discuss that men age faster. From evolutionary perspective, high accidental death rate in young males is compatible with fast aging. Mechanistically, hyper-activat...

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Autor principal: Blagosklonny, Mikhail V.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Impact Journals LLC 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2898017/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20519781