Declining asexual reproduction is suggestive of senescence in hydra: Comment on Martinez, D., “Mortality patterns suggest lack of senescence in hydra.” Exp Gerontol 33, 217–25
@article{Estep2010DecliningAR, title={Declining asexual reproduction is suggestive of senescence in hydra: Comment on Martinez, D., “Mortality patterns suggest lack of senescence in hydra.” Exp Gerontol 33, 217–25}, author={P. Estep}, journal={Experimental Gerontology}, year={2010}, volume={45}, pages={645-646} }
A 1998 publication in Experimental Gerontology has become widely cited as providing experimental support for the existence of non-senescing organisms (Martinez, 1998). Fig. 1 in that publication shows thatHydra vulgaris does indeed have low age-specific mortality for an animal of its size. However, as the author notes, declining reproduction is sometimes another sign of senescence and asexual reproduction (budding) was a primary focus of that study. The Abstract reports the following: “The… CONTINUE READING
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