Natural variation in life history and aging phenotypes is associated with mitochondrial DNA deletion frequency in <it>Caenorhabditis briggsae</it>
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Mutations that impair mitochondrial functioning are associated with a variety of metabolic and age-related disorders. A barrier to rigorous tests of the role of mitochondrial dysfunction in aging processes has been the lack of model...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2011-01-01
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| Series: | BMC Evolutionary Biology |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/11/11 |