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Here we show that telomerase activity does not coevolve with lifespan but instead coevolves with body mass: larger rodents repress telomerase activity in somatic cells. These results suggest that large body mass presents a greater risk of cancer than long lifespan, and large animals evolve repression of telomerase activity to mitigate that risk.
Läs mer: Blackwell Synergy: Aging Cell, Vol 0, Issue 0, pp. ???-???: Telomerase activity coevolves with body mass not lifespan (Abstract)