In Killifish: Diapause Protects Life From Normal Consequences of Aging (12 of 14) (IMAGE)

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In Killifish: Diapause Protects Life From Normal Consequences of Aging (12 of 14)

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The African killifish embryo developmentally suspended in the state of diapause, with a developed brain. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the 21 Feb. issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by C.-K. Hu at Stanford University in Stanford, CA, and colleagues was titled, "Vertebrate diapause preserves organisms long term through Polycomb complex members."

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[Credit: Chi-Kuo Hu]

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