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hibernation-ageing hypothesis

Scope: general ecology
Papers: 1 | Mentions: 1

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Definition

The hypothesis that ageing is suspended during hibernation, whereby species engaging in torpor periodically suspend ageing and thus live longer than predicted based on body size alone

Related Terms (1)

hibernation-aging hypothesis

Publications (1)

article

Hibernation slows epigenetic ageing in yellow-bellied marmots

2022Nature Ecology & Evolutioncentral

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DNA methylation

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epigenetic clock

measurement1 shared paper

generalized additive mixed model

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