Long-lived cancer-resistant rodents as new model species for cancer research
Most rodents are small and short-lived, but several lineages have independently evolved long lifespans without a concomitant increase in body mass. Most notably, the two subterranean species naked mole rat (NMR) and blind mole rat (BMR) which have maximum lifespans of 32 and 21 years respectively. T...
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Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2013-01-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Genetics |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fgene.2012.00319/full |