Epigenomic insights into extreme longevity in the world's oldest terrestrial animal, Jonathan
Benjamin Vaisvil, Daniel P. Schmitt, Angela Jones, Vinayak Kapatral, James M. Ford, Madison L. Taylor, Mathia Colwell, Jonathan Hollins, Sam Pascucci, Konstantin Weißenow, Burkhard Rost, Pascal Notin, Justin Gerlach, Thomas C. Terwilliger, Li‐Wei Hung, , Stephen W. Clark
The paper analyzes the DNA sequence and methylome of Jonathan, a 192-year-old giant tortoise, to identify epigenomic features associated with extreme longevity.
bioRxiv · Feb 5, 2025 · PreprintGenomics