Aging: Manipulating Sex Differences

A new study reports that male, but not female, longevity evolves in response to increasing male mortality. The sex gap in longevity widens depending on the type of mortality. A new study reports that male, but not female, longevity evolves in response to increasing male mortality. The sex gap in lon...

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Published inCurrent biology Vol. 24; no. 20; pp. R996 - R998
Main Author Dowling, Damian K.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Elsevier Inc 20.10.2014
Subjects
Animals
Caenorhabditis - physiology
Drosophila
Female
Longevity - physiology
Male
Nematoda
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Summary:A new study reports that male, but not female, longevity evolves in response to increasing male mortality. The sex gap in longevity widens depending on the type of mortality. A new study reports that male, but not female, longevity evolves in response to increasing male mortality. The sex gap in longevity widens depending on the type of mortality.
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ISSN:0960-9822
1879-0445
DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2014.08.050