Submissions tagged with longevity
(3 documents)
Natural Selection In Utero Contributes to the Male Longevity Deficit in Contemporary Human Populations
Much literature invokes natural selection to explain the pervasive deficit in the average lifespan of men compared to women.1 The explanation assumes that mothers, not fathers, provisioned childr…
Received 29 October 2009 07:39 UTC; Posted 29 October 2009
Posted to: Evolutionary Biology
Aging as a consequence of misrepair—A novel theory of aging
It is now increasingly realized that the underlying mechanisms which govern aging is a complex interplay of genetic regulation and damage accumulation. Aging as a result of accumulation of ‘faults’…
Received 15 June 2009 13:25 UTC; Posted 17 June 2009
Posted to: Developmental Biology, Evolutionary Biology
Caloric restriction causes symmetric cell division and delays aging in Escherichia coli
Aging is one of the most intriguing processes of biology and despite decades of research, many aspects of aging are poorly understood. Aging is known to occur in bacteria and yeast that divide with…
Received 11 July 2008 11:33 UTC; Posted 28 July 2008
Posted to: Microbiology
