The transcriptome of the bowhead whale Balaena mysticetus reveals adaptations of the longest-lived mammal

Aging

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 879-899

  Seim, Inge ^a   Ma, Siming ^a   Zhou, Xuming ^a   Gerashchenko, Maxim V ^a   Lee, Sang Goo ^a   Suydam, Robert ^b   George, John C ^b   Bickham, John W ^c   Gladyshev, Vadim N ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT   (United States)

^c BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Avolution; Bowhead whale; Insulin IGF1 axis; Transcriptome

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTOME;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BOWHEAD WHALE; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; LONGEVITY; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BOWHEAD WHALE; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; LONGEVITY; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84920755014     PISSN: 19454589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18632/aging.100699     Document Type: Article

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