衰老：检测植物中的进化印记。

Senescence: detecting an evolutionary fingerprint in plants.

作者信息

Brommer Jon E

机构信息

Department of Biology, University Hill, 20014 University of Turku, Turku, Finland.

出版信息

Curr Biol. 2014 Mar 31;24(7):R267-9. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.02.045.

DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2014.02.045

PMID:24698372

Abstract

The evolution of a senescent decline in the performance of organisms as they grow old is thought to be an unavoidable aspect of life. A genotype-age interaction in performance is the 'fingerprint' of evolved senescence, which has now for the first time been detected in a plant.

摘要

生物体随着年龄增长而出现机能衰退的演变被认为是生命中不可避免的一个方面。机能方面的基因型-年龄相互作用是进化衰老的“指纹”，而这一现象如今首次在一种植物中被发现。