Changes in gene silencing throughout life might be a general phenomenon underlying ageing and longevity: this mechanism is at work in yeast and, as new work suggests, nematode worms.
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Gems, D. Yeast longevity gene goes public. Nature 410, 154–155 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35065765
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