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Stressful environments can indirectly select for increased longevity

Longevity is modulated by a range of conserved genes in eukaryotes, but it is unclear how variation in these genes contributes to the evolution of longevity in nature. Mutations that increase life span in model organisms typically induce trade-offs which lead to a net reduction in fitness, suggestin...

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Autores principales: Savory, Fiona R, Benton, Timothy G, Varma, Varun, Hope, Ian A, Sait, Steven M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley & Sons Ltd 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3997331/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24772292
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1013

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