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Genetic variation in the murine lifespan response to dietary restriction: from life extension to life shortening.
Aging cell - 1 Feb 2010
Liao Chen-Yu, Rikke Brad A, Johnson Thomas E, Diaz Vivian, Nelson James F
Abstract excerpt
Chronic dietary restriction (DR) is considered among the most robust life-extending interventions, but several reports indicate that DR does not always extend and may even shorten lifespan in some genotypes. An unbiased genetic screen of the lifespan response to DR has been lacking. Here, we measured the effect of one commonly used level of DR (40% reduction in food intake) on mean lifespan of virgin males and...
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