| Literature DB >> 15625107 |
Nadège Minois1, Magdalena Frajnt, Chris Wilson, James W Vaupel.
Abstract
Much research aimed at discovering the genetic bases of longevity focuses on the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Unfortunately, yeast researchers use a definition of longevity not applied to other species. We propose here a method that makes it possible to estimate for yeast the same measures of longevity calculated for other species. We also show that the conventional method (equating longevity with the number of offspring) is only an approximate measure of true chronological lifespan. Our method will allow results for yeast to be compared more correctly with those for other species.Entities:
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Year: 2004 PMID: 15625107 PMCID: PMC544282 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0408332102
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ISSN: 0027-8424 Impact factor: 11.205