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Big mice die young but large animals live longer

20 Apr 2013

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It has been known for millennia that large animals live longer, inspiring numerous theories of aging. For example, elephants and humans live longer than mice, which in turn live longer than worms and flies. The correlation is not perfect, with many explainable exceptions, but it is still obvious. In contrast, within each species (e.g., mice and some other mammals) small body size is associated with longevity and...

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PMID: 23603822
DOI: 10.18632/aging.100551

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