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A cryptochrome photoreceptor controls animal light-dependent growth and lifespan via evolutionary conserved hormonal pathways
2025-03-14
Abstract excerpt
Natural light is severely affected by human impact on Earth, yet little is known about the roles light receptors have outside vision and rhythmic processes. Here we show that loss-of-function of the light-receptive cryptochrome ( l-cry ) in marine bristleworms significantly increases lifespan and adult size, similarly to wild-types reared in constant darkness. Quantitative transcriptomics revealed hormonal playe...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 3e7238ff-b805-5d41-bd52-7a25c1a13650
- DOI
- 10.1101/2025.03.12.642703