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AlexmBIOSS
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Hello,
I had a discussion last night that I was not sure how to develop fully. There are some species of Turltes which live for 255 years and some that live substantially less, The sturgeon fish http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeon" live extremely long outlasting tons of other fish, some species of trees can be only slightly different from relatives but live an order of magnitude longer.
So my question is: Is it a combination of environment and genetics that changes the life span through the ageing process? (you cannot change the environment without altering the ageing process so factors like food etc come largely into play in a very sensitive condition set) Or is it almost purely genetic? And I can't find literature for the gene list and difference. I would love to find out which genes are different between species that age differently.
The wikipedia article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senescence" has some references to genes but it is general and not specific to the organism relatives which is more interesting.
Best wishes to all,
Alex
I had a discussion last night that I was not sure how to develop fully. There are some species of Turltes which live for 255 years and some that live substantially less, The sturgeon fish http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeon" live extremely long outlasting tons of other fish, some species of trees can be only slightly different from relatives but live an order of magnitude longer.
So my question is: Is it a combination of environment and genetics that changes the life span through the ageing process? (you cannot change the environment without altering the ageing process so factors like food etc come largely into play in a very sensitive condition set) Or is it almost purely genetic? And I can't find literature for the gene list and difference. I would love to find out which genes are different between species that age differently.
The wikipedia article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senescence" has some references to genes but it is general and not specific to the organism relatives which is more interesting.
Best wishes to all,
Alex
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