Comment on 'Naked mole-rat mortality rates defy Gompertzian laws by not increasing with age'

Comment on 'Naked mole-rat mortality rates defy Gompertzian laws by not increasing with age'

Ruby et al. recently analyzed historical lifespan data on more than 3200 naked mole-rats, collected over a total observation period of about 38 years (Ruby et al., 2018). They report that mortality hazards do not seem to increase across the full range of their so-far-observed lifespan, and conclude...

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Main Authors: Philip Dammann, André Scherag, Nikolay Zak, Karol Szafranski, Susanne Holtze, Sabine Begall, Hynek Burda, Hans A Kestler, Thomas Hildebrandt, Matthias Platzer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2019-07-01
Series:eLife
Subjects:
naked mole-rat
aging
Gompertz
longevity
Bathyergidae
mammals
Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/45415

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https://elifesciences.org/articles/45415

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