Feeding into old age: long-term effects
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Teresa G. Valencak; Thomas Ruf
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Article
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2010
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Springer-Verlag
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English
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Smaller mammals, such as mice, possess tissues containing more polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) than larger mammals, while at the same time live shorter lives. These relationships have been combined in the βmembrane pacemaker hypothesis of agingβ. It suggests that membrane PUFA content might dete