Aging: Manipulating Sex Differences

• Published in: Current biology Vol. 24; no. 20; pp. R996 - R998
• Main Author: Dowling, Damian K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Inc 20.10.2014
• Subjects: Animals; Caenorhabditis - physiology; Drosophila; Female; Longevity - physiology; Male; Nematoda

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...