Aging in the colonial chordate, Botryllus schlosseri
What mechanisms underlie aging? One theory, the wear-and-tear model, attributes aging to progressive deterioration in the molecular and cellular machinery which eventually lead to death through the disruption of physiological homeostasis. The second suggests that life span is genetically programmed,...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
2015
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4463770/ |