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X*Y females exhibit steeper reproductive senescence in the African pygmy mouse.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 7 Jan 2025
Lemaître Jean-François, Voituron Yann, Herpe Léa, Veyrunes Frédéric
Abstract excerpt
A wave of studies has recently emphasized the influence of sex chromosomes on both lifespan and actuarial senescence patterns across vertebrates and invertebrates. Basically, the heterogametic sex (XY males in XX/XY systems or ZW females in ZW/ZZ systems) typically displays a lower lifespan and a steeper rate of actuarial senescence than the homogametic sex. However, whether these effects extend to the senescence...
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