C. elegans hermaphrodites undergo semelparous reproductive death
Carina C. Kern, Shivangi Srivastava, Marina Ezcurra, Nancy Hui, StJohn Townsend, Dominik Maczik, Victoria Tse, Jürg Bähler, David Gems
The paper shows that C. elegans hermaphrodites undergo reproductive death after reproduction, which is suppressed by germline removal and linked to lifespan extension.
bioRxiv · Nov 16, 2020 · PreprintGenetics