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Abstract
Does life span extension come with a reproductive trade-off? In a recent report published in Nature, Greer et al. (2010) show that in the nematode worm C. elegans, life span extension, as a consequence of deficiencies in histone methylation, requires an intact germline and ongoing fertility.Entities:
Year: 2010 PMID: 20816086 PMCID: PMC2991055 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2010.08.009
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cell Metab ISSN: 1550-4131 Impact factor: 27.287