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Mutations across animal kingdom shed new light on aging
The first study to compare the accumulation of mutations across many animal species has shed new light on decades-old questions about the role of these genetic changes in aging and cancer. Researchers from the Wellcome Sanger Institute found that despite huge variation in lifespan and size...
Interesting article and is now the best explanation why a little mole rat can have the same life expectancy of a giraffe.
Exposure to the sun's rays are a big driver of these type of mutations which explains why a lot of sun exposure has the effect it does on cells prematurely aging them.