Article
Identification of mutations that delay somatic or reproductive aging of Caenorhabditis elegans.
Genetics - 1 Sept 2011
Hughes Stacie E, Huang Cheng, Kornfeld Kerry
Abstract excerpt
Aging is an important feature of animal biology characterized by progressive, degenerative changes in somatic and reproductive tissues. The rate of age-related degeneration is genetically controlled, since genes that influence lifespan have been identified. However, little is known about genes that affect reproductive aging or aging of specific somatic tissues. To identify genes that are important for controlling...
Topics
- Aging
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Caenorhabditis elegans
- Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins
- Chromosomes
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Phenotype
- Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases
- Reproduction
