Mutations prolong life in flies; implications for aging in mammals.

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Summary

Results in fruit flies Drosophila melanogaster provide new, important evidence that at least some of the mechanisms of genetic control of longevity might have been conserved from yeast to mammals and that insulin–IGF signaling is causally linked to aging across taxa.

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Published
2001-08-01
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Keywords

Longevity, Biology, Insulin receptor, Drosophila melanogaster, Insulin

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