Fertility/longevity trade-offs under limiting-male conditions in mating populations of Caenorhabditis elegans.
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Wu, D; Tedesco, PM; Phillips, PC; Johnson, TE
Published in: Experimental gerontology
October 2012
Evolutionary theories of aging suggest that trade-offs between longevity and fitness should be found under certain conditions. In C. elegans, there is little evidence for the existence of such trade-offs. We asked if fertility/longevity trade-offs exist in populations of randomly mating males and hermaphrodites. We set up a large population of young males and 5-day-old hermaphrodites that were no longer self-fertile. We then allowed them to mate for one day with an equal number young males and then separated hermaphrodites to individual plates and determined daily fertility of individual hermaphrodites. There was a significant negative relationship between late-life fertility and individual longevity.
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Experimental gerontology
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EISSN
1873-6815
ISSN
0531-5565
Publication Date
October 2012
Volume
47
Issue
10
Start / End Page
759 / 763
Related Subject Headings
- Sexual Behavior, Animal
- Male
- Longevity
- Hermaphroditic Organisms
- Gerontology
- Fertility
- Caenorhabditis elegans
- Animals
- 42 Health sciences
- 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences
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Wu, D., Tedesco, P. M., Phillips, P. C., & Johnson, T. E. (2012). Fertility/longevity trade-offs under limiting-male conditions in mating populations of Caenorhabditis elegans. Experimental Gerontology, 47(10), 759–763. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exger.2012.06.010
Wu, Deqing, Patricia M. Tedesco, Patrick C. Phillips, and Thomas E. Johnson. “Fertility/longevity trade-offs under limiting-male conditions in mating populations of Caenorhabditis elegans.” Experimental Gerontology 47, no. 10 (October 2012): 759–63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exger.2012.06.010.
Wu D, Tedesco PM, Phillips PC, Johnson TE. Fertility/longevity trade-offs under limiting-male conditions in mating populations of Caenorhabditis elegans. Experimental gerontology. 2012 Oct;47(10):759–63.
Wu, Deqing, et al. “Fertility/longevity trade-offs under limiting-male conditions in mating populations of Caenorhabditis elegans.” Experimental Gerontology, vol. 47, no. 10, Oct. 2012, pp. 759–63. Epmc, doi:10.1016/j.exger.2012.06.010.
Wu D, Tedesco PM, Phillips PC, Johnson TE. Fertility/longevity trade-offs under limiting-male conditions in mating populations of Caenorhabditis elegans. Experimental gerontology. 2012 Oct;47(10):759–763.
Published In
Experimental gerontology
DOI
EISSN
1873-6815
ISSN
0531-5565
Publication Date
October 2012
Volume
47
Issue
10
Start / End Page
759 / 763
Related Subject Headings
- Sexual Behavior, Animal
- Male
- Longevity
- Hermaphroditic Organisms
- Gerontology
- Fertility
- Caenorhabditis elegans
- Animals
- 42 Health sciences
- 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences