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...p://jbiol.com/content/7/3/10 This research describes the genetic identification of the first functional insulin-like growth factor binding protein ortholog in invertebrates. Medicine Award Weiqi Yan and Guomin Xiao, Hangzhou Normal University Improved outcomes from the administration of progesteron...Evolutionary conservation of a mechanism of longevity from worms to mammals
...ar role in mammals. In a recent study, Dr. Hekimi and colleagues of McGill University (Canada) report that inactivation of the gene mclk1, the murine ortholog of the C. elegans gene clk-1, results in increased cellular fitness and prolonged lifespan in mice. The gene clk-1 in the worm, as well as mclk1 i...wFleaBase: the Daphnia genome database
..., preliminary genetic maps and the nearly complete genomic sequence of Daphnia pulex will be integrated into wFleaBase, including gene predictions and ortholog assignments based on sequence similarities with eukaryote genes of known function. wFleaBase aims to serve a large ecological and evolutionary researc...