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Longevity mutants do not establish any "new science" of ageing.
Biogerontology - 1 Aug 2010
Holliday Robin, Rattan Suresh I S
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The biological reasons for ageing are now well known, so it is no longer an unsolved problem in biology. Furthermore, there is only one science of ageing, which is continually advancing. The significance and importance of the mutations that lengthen the lifespan of invertebrates can be assessed only in relationship to previous well-established studies of ageing. The mutant strains of model organisms that increase...
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