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determined by an inability to move in response to touch. C. elegans develop through four larval stages following hatching and prior to adulthood. Adult C. elegans are reproductive for about the rst week of adulthood followed by approximately two weeks of post-reproductive adulthood prior to death. Life span is most commonly measured in the laboratory by maintaining the worms on the surface of a nutrie- agar medium (Nematode Growth Medium, NGM) with E. coli OP50 as the bacterial food source (REF). Alternative culture conditions have been described in liquid media; however, these are not widely used for longevity studies. Longevity of the commonly used wild type C. elegans hermaphrodite (N2) varies ? from 16 to 23 days under standard laboratory conditions (20 C, NGM agar, E. coli OP50 food source). Life span can be increased by maintaining animals at lower ambient temperatures and shortened by raising the ambient temperature. Use of a killed bacterial food source, rather than live E. coli, increases lifespan by 2–4 days, and growth of adult animals in the absence of bacteria (axenic growth or bac- rial deprivation) increases median life span to 32–38 days [3, 23, 24]. Under both standard laboratory conditions and bacterial deprivation conditions, wild-derived C. elegans hermaphrodites exhibit longevity comparable to N2 animals [25].

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Author:   Norman S. Wolf
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   2010 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.844kg
ISBN:  

9789048134649

ISBN 10:   9048134641
Pages:   391
Publication Date:   04 February 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Lifespans and Pathologies Present at Death in Laboratory Animals.- Animal Size, Metabolic Rate, and Survival, Among and Within Species.- Hormonal Influences on Aging and Lifespan.- Exploring Mechanisms of Aging Retardation by Caloric Restriction: Studies in Model Organisms and Mammals.- Cell Replication Rates In Vivo and In Vitro and Wound Healing as Affected by Animal Age, Diet, and Species.- Sirtuin Function in Longevity.- The Role of TOR Signaling in Aging.- Mitochondria, Oxidative Damage and Longevity: What Can Comparative Biology Teach Us?.- Comparative Genomics of Aging.- Changes in Lysosomes and Their Autophagic Function in Aging: The Comparative Biology of Lysosomal Function.- Telomeres and Telomerase.- Cardiac Aging.- Comparative Skeletal Muscle Aging.- Aging of the Nervous System.- Aging of the Immune System Across Different Species.

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