Cave Adaptation Favors Aging Resilience in the Mexican Tetra
Ansa E. Cobham, Alexander Kenzior, Pedro Morales‐Sosa, Jose Emmanuel Javier, Selene Swanson, Christopher Wood, Nicolas Rohner
The paper compares aging markers between surface and cavefish populations of Astyanax mexicanus, finding that cavefish show less pronounced aging signatures and suggest metabolic shifts, particularly mitochondrial function, contribute to their extended longevity.
npj Metabolic Health and Disease · Aug 1, 2025Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology