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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 quantificação da vida útil permitem que os cientistas examinem as influências genéticas e ambientais na vida útil de um organismo. Organismos modelo invertebrados, como a mosca-das-frutas Drosophila melanogaster e a lombriga Caenorhabditis elegans,têm se mostrado extremamente úteis nesse se...
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