Title: | Ageing: Why Males Curtail the Longevity of Their Mates |
Address: | "Department of Animal Ecology, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Norbyvagen 18D, SE-752 36 Uppsala University, Sweden. Electronic address: Alexei.Maklakov@ebc.uu.se. IFM Biology, AVIAN Behavioural, Genomics and Physiology Group, Linkoping University, Linkoping 58183, Sweden" |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.cub.2016.09.023 |
ISSN/ISBN: | 1879-0445 (Electronic) 0960-9822 (Linking) |
Abstract: | Male nematodes secrete pheromones that accelerate the somatic senescence of potential mates. A new study shows that this harm most likely is an unintended by-product of the males' aim to speed up sexual maturation and delay reproductive senescence of future partners |
Keywords: | "*Aging Animals *Caenorhabditis elegans Germ Cells Longevity Male Sexual Behavior, Animal;" |
Notes: | "MedlineMaklakov, Alexei A Friberg, Urban eng Comment England 2016/10/26 Curr Biol. 2016 Oct 24; 26(20):R929-R932. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.09.023" |