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: Marcela Raices, Hugo Maruyama, Andrew Dillin, Jan Karlseder
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2005-09-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1200426?pdf=render