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Medaka fish exhibits longevity gender gap, a natural drop in estrogen and telomere shortening during aging: a unique model for studying sex-dependent longevity

INTRODUCTION: Females having a longer telomere and lifespan than males have been documented in many animals. Such linkage however has never been reported in fish. Progressive shortening of telomere length is an important aging mechanism. Mounting in vitro evidence has shown that telomere shortening...

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Autores principales: Gopalakrishnan, Singaram, Cheung, Napo KM, Yip, Bill WP, Au, Doris WT
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3878272/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24364913
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-10-78