Researchers discover surprisingly wide variation across species in genetic systems that influence aging

Wednesday, May 27, 2015 - 14:30 in Biology & Nature

A new study focusing on insulin signaling uncovered surprising genetic diversity across reptiles, birds and mammals. Scientists previously assumed the process remained much the same throughout the animal kingdom, but the new research shows that the genetic pathways in reptiles evolved to include protein forms not observed in mammals.

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