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Interactions between the sexual identity of the nervous system and the social environment mediate lifespan in Drosophila melanogaster

Sex differences in lifespan are ubiquitous, but the underlying causal factors remain poorly understood. Inter- and intrasexual social interactions are well known to influence lifespan in many taxa, but it has proved challenging to separate the role of sex-specific behaviours from wider physiological...

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Autores principales: Flintham, Ewan O., Yoshida, Tomoyo, Smith, Sophie, Pavlou, Hania J., Goodwin, Stephen F., Carazo, Pau, Wigby, Stuart
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6283938/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30487307
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.1450