Uncoupling of Longevity and Telomere Length in C. elegans

The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, after completing its developmental stages and a brief reproductive period, spends the remainder of its adult life as an organism consisting exclusively of post-mitotic cells. Here we show that telomere length varies considerably in clonal populations of wild-type...

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Main Authors: Raices, Marcela, Maruyama, Hugo, Dillin, Andrew, Karlseder, Jan
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2005
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1200426/