Mating Reverses Actuarial Aging in Female Queensland Fruit Flies.

Animals that have a long pre-reproductive adult stage often employ mechanisms that minimize aging over this period in order to preserve reproductive lifespan. In a remarkable exception, one tephritid fruit fly exhibits substantial pre-reproductive aging but then mitigates this aging during a diet-de...

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Main Authors: Sarsha Yap, Benjamin G Fanson, Phillip W Taylor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4492602?pdf=render

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