Running on empty: Does mitochondrial DNA
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Cory D. Dunn
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Article
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2011
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutations escalate with increasing age in higher organisms. However, it has so far been difficult to experimentally determine whether mtDNA mutation merely correlates with age or directly limits lifespan. A recent study shows that budding yeast can also lose fu