Whales, lifespan, phospholipids, and cataracts[S]

This study addresses the question: why do rats get cataracts at 2 years, dogs at 8 years, and whales do not develop cataracts for 200 years? Whale lens lipid phase transitions were compared with the phase transitions of other species that were recalculated. The major phospholipids of the whale lens...

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Main Authors: Douglas Borchman, Raphaela Stimmelmayr, J. Craig George
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-12-01
Series:Journal of Lipid Research
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520335550