… longevity in bats: fibroblast replication and calpain activity The exceptional longevity of bats
… ageing studies have been conducted on bats in the laboratory. Rohme (1981) included one …

… bat longevity by least-squares regression, ie log 10 (longevity… To identify variables that
explain variation in bat longevity, we … The exception to this pattern is the common vampire bat, …

… The absence of an effect of body mass on longevity in bats has been a curious exception to
this pattern without a clear explanation. The results of this study indicate that once the effects …

… , but not in the bat genus with greatest longevity, Myotis. As in … mediate telomere dynamics
in Myotis bats. Twenty-one … evolution of exceptional longevity in Myotis bats, advancing …

… bat. Ironically, Stoker probably did not know about the exceptional longevity of bats. He …
much larger mammals such as elephants, and like birds, their anatomy, physiology, and life-…

… bats to maintain exceptional longevity. Indeed, since the worlds population is ageing, bats are
an interesting model in which to examine longevity … why and how bats delay ageing will be …

… to those found for birds, which like bats have high metabolic … an at least partial explanation
for the extreme longevity of bats. … We have known for a long time that bats are exceptionally …

… and perspective model organisms in longevity studies. … (i) longer lifespan not only in birds,
but also in bats (a group that … (naked mole rat) has an exceptionally low rate of aging and a …

… longevity tends to remain unchanged between captive and wild populations [23]. Further,
given that bats and birds … a partial explanation for the exceptional longevity of naked mole rats (…

… Of course, tales of exceptional longevity among animals are … and short-lived bats rather than
long-lived bats with short-lived … patterns of birds’ longevity, in which species’ longevity was …