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Developmental Biology
Measuring Aging in Flies and Worms
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Measuring aging in flies and worms helps scientists study lifespan. Lifespan is the time between birth and death. After animals reach adulthood, many stop growing and begin aging, or senescence, until they die.
Scientists use different growth conditions to learn which biological and environmental...
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Experimentos de cuantificación de vida útil permiten a los científicos examinar las influencias genéticas y ambientales en la vida de un organismo. Los organismos modelo de invertebrado, como el ascáride elegans de Caenorhabditis, la mosca de la fruta Drosophila melanogaster han demostrado muy útiles en est...
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