Temporal scaling of ageing as an adaptive strategy of Escherichia coli
Y. Yang, A. L. Santos, L. Xu, C. Lotton, F. Taddei, A. B. Lindner
This study shows that E. coli lifespan follows the Gompertz law of mortality, with ageing rate modulated by maintenance investment in response to environmental constraints.
bioRxiv · Jul 26, 2018Evolutionary Biology