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Mating Damages the Cuticle of C. elegans Hermaphrodites

Lifespan costs to reproduction are common across multiple species, and such costs could potentially arise through a number of mechanisms. In the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, it has been suggested that part of the lifespan cost to hermaphrodites from mating results from physical damage owing to t...

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Autores principales: Woodruff, Gavin C., Knauss, Christine M., Maugel, Timothy K., Haag, Eric S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4126722/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25105881
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0104456