Medaka fish exhibits longevity gender gap, a natural drop in estrogen and telomere shortening during aging: A unique model for studying sex-dependent longevity

Frontiers in Zoology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Gopalakrishnan, Singaram ^a   Cheung, Napo K M ^a   Yip, Bill W P ^a   Au, Doris W T ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Aging; Estrogen profile; Lifespan; Sex difference and medaka O. latipes; Telomerase and telomere

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; ORYZIAS; ORYZIAS LATIPES; ORYZIINAE; RODENTIA; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84890732971     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17429994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-9994-10-78     Document Type: Article

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