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SUBMITTER: Mendenhall AR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3148761 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mendenhall Alexander R AR Wu Deqing D Park Sang-Kyu SK Cypser James R JR Tedesco Patricia M PM Link Christopher D CD Phillips Patrick C PC Johnson Thomas E TE
The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences 20110528 8
The large post-reproductive life span reported for the free-living hermaphroditic nematode, Caenorhabditis elegans, which lives for about 10 days after its 5-day period of self-reproduction, seems at odds with evolutionary theory. Species with long post-reproductive life spans such as mammals are sometimes explained by a need for parental care or transfer of information. This does not seem a suitable explanation for C elegans. Previous reports have shown that C elegans can regain fertility when ...[more]