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Correlated evolution of social organization and lifespan in mammals

Correlated evolution of social organization and lifespan in mammals

Authors :
Pingfen Zhu
Weiqiang Liu
Xiaoxiao Zhang
Meng Li
Gaoming Liu
Yang Yu
Zihao Li
Xuanjing Li
Juan Du
Xiao Wang
Cyril C. Grueter
Ming Li
Xuming Zhou
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 14, Iss 1, Pp 1-18 (2023)
Publication Year :
2023
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2023.

Abstract

To elucidate the relationship between sociality and longevity, the authors perform phylogenetic and transcriptomic comparative analysis of mammals. They find that group-living species lived longer than solitary species and identify 31 genes, hormones, and immunity-related pathways involved in this connection.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
14
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.5617b89a98e4c15880964306584fa24
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-35869-7