He's in a rush, she isn't: Reproductive strategy drives slower female aging

(Link ö ping University) The aging of males and females is influenced by how they choose to invest their available energy, according to a study of fruit flies carried out at Link ö ping University, Sweden. The results, published in The American Naturalist, support the idea that differences in strategy between the sexes to maximise the number of offspring contribute to differences in aging between males and females.

Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - October 11, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: news