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Longevity and transposon defense, the case of termite reproductives

Social insects are promising new models in aging research. Within single colonies, longevity differences of several magnitudes exist that can be found elsewhere only between different species. Reproducing queens (and, in termites, also kings) can live for several decades, whereas sterile workers oft...

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Autores principales: Elsner, Daniel, Meusemann, Karen, Korb, Judith
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Academy of Sciences 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6003524/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29735660
http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1804046115