Reproductive Aging in Caenorhabditis elegans: From Molecules to Ecology

Aging animals display a broad range of progressive degenerative changes, and one of the most fascinating is the decline of female reproductive function. In the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans, hermaphrodites reach a peak of progeny production on day 2 of adulthood and then display a rapid decl...

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Main Authors: Andrea Scharf, Franziska Pohl, Brian M. Egan, Zuzana Kocsisova, Kerry Kornfeld
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcell.2021.718522/full