Why men age faster but reproduce longer than women: mTOR and evolutionary perspectives
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Why men age faster but reproduce longer than women: mTOR and evolutionary perspectives
Women live longer than men. Yet, it is believed that men do not age faster than women but simply are weaker at every age. In contrast, I discuss that men age faster. From evolutionary perspective, high accidental death rate in young males is compatible with fast aging. Mechanistically, hyper-activated mTOR (Target of Rapamycin) may render young males robust at the cost of accelerated aging. But...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Aging
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1945-4589
DOI: 10.18632/aging.100149