A C. elegans young adult worm (IMAGE)

University of Pittsburgh

A C. elegans young adult worm

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A young C. elegans adult glowing green where a protein has been linked to a fluorescent tag and filled with soon-to-be-laid eggs that appear as dark spheres in the mother’s body. Disruption of meiosis, a process on which the creation of these eggs depends, shortens the animal’s entire lifespan and accelerates its aging.

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Scott Keith & Arjumand Ghazi

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