Aging: What We Can Learn From Elephants

Aging: What We Can Learn From Elephants

Elephants are large-brained, social mammals with a long lifespan. Studies of elephants can provide insight into the aging process, which may be relevant to understanding diseases that affect elderly humans because of their shared characteristics that have arisen through independent evolution. Elepha...

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Main Authors:	Daniella E. Chusyd, Nicole L. Ackermans, Steven N. Austad, Patrick R. Hof, Michelle M. Mielke, Chet C. Sherwood, David B. Allison
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-08-01
Series:	Frontiers in Aging
Subjects:	elephant animal model senescence aging comparative aging research gerontology
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fragi.2021.726714/full

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