Update on slow aging and negligible senescence--a mini-review

Caleb E Finch

doi:10.1159/000215589

Update on slow aging and negligible senescence--a mini-review

Gerontology. 2009;55(3):307-13. doi: 10.1159/000215589. Epub 2009 May 13.

Author

Caleb E Finch¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Biological Sciences, Davis School of Gerontology and the USC College, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif 90089-0191, USA. cefinch@usc.edu

PMID: 19439974
DOI: 10.1159/000215589

Abstract

This review updates developments of the concept of negligible senescence, proposed in Longevity, Senescence, and the Genome in 1990, with new information for turtles, rockfish, and the naked mole-rat. However, centenarians certainly do not show negligible senescence.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Aging / physiology*
Animals
Cellular Senescence*
Fishes / physiology*
Humans
Mammals
Mole Rats
Turtles / physiology*