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Caenorhabditis elegans battling starvation stress: low levels of ethanol prolong lifespan in L1 larvae.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Castro Paola V, Khare Shilpi, Young Brian D, Clarke Steven G
Abstract excerpt
The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans arrests development at the first larval stage if food is not present upon hatching. Larvae in this stage provide an excellent model for studying stress responses during development. We found that supplementing starved larvae with ethanol markedly extends their lifespan within this L1 diapause. The effects of ethanol-induced lifespan extension can be observed when the ethanol is...
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