Alternative animal models of aging research

S Holtze, E Gorshkova, S Braude… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Most research on mechanisms of aging is being conducted in a very limited number of
classical model species, ie, laboratory mouse (Mus musculus), rat (Rattus norvegicus …

From the bush to the bench: the annual Nothobranchius fishes as a new model system in biology

A Cellerino, DR Valenzano, M Reichard - Biological Reviews, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
African annual fishes from the genus Nothobranchius are small teleosts that inhabit
temporary water bodies subject to annual desiccation due to the alternation of the monsoon …

Regulation of life span by the gut microbiota in the short-lived African turquoise killifish

P Smith, D Willemsen, M Popkes, F Metge, E Gandiwa… - elife, 2017 - elifesciences.org
Gut bacteria occupy the interface between the organism and the external environment,
contributing to homeostasis and disease. Yet, the causal role of the gut microbiota during …

Insights into sex chromosome evolution and aging from the genome of a short-lived fish

K Reichwald, A Petzold, P Koch, BR Downie… - Cell, 2015 - cell.com
The killifish Nothobranchius furzeri is the shortest-lived vertebrate that can be bred in the
laboratory. Its rapid growth, early sexual maturation, fast aging, and arrested embryonic …

[图书][B] Mechanisms of life history evolution: the genetics and physiology of life history traits and trade-offs

T Flatt, A Heyland - 2011 - books.google.com
Life history theory seeks to explain the evolution of the major features of life cycles by
analyzing the ecological factors that shape age-specific schedules of growth, reproduction …

Resveratrol prolongs lifespan and retards the onset of age-related markers in a short-lived vertebrate

DR Valenzano, E Terzibasi, T Genade, A Cattaneo… - Current biology, 2006 - cell.com
Resveratrol, a natural phytoalexin found in grapes and red wine [1], increases longevity in
the short-lived invertebrates Caenorhabditis elegans and Drosophila [2–5] and exerts a …

[HTML][HTML] A platform for rapid exploration of aging and diseases in a naturally short-lived vertebrate

I Harel, BA Benayoun, B Machado, PP Singh, CK Hu… - Cell, 2015 - cell.com
Aging is a complex process that affects multiple organs. Modeling aging and age-related
diseases in the lab is challenging because classical vertebrate models have relatively long …

RNA‐seq of the aging brain in the short‐lived fish N. furzeri – conserved pathways and novel genes associated with neurogenesis

M Baumgart, M Groth, S Priebe, A Savino, G Testa… - Aging cell, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The brains of teleost fish show extensive adult neurogenesis and neuronal regeneration.
The patterns of gene regulation during fish brain aging are unknown. The short‐lived teleost …

The evolution of an annual life cycle in killifish: adaptation to ephemeral aquatic environments through embryonic diapause

AI Furness - Biological Reviews, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
An annual life cycle is characterized by growth, maturity, and reproduction condensed into a
single, short season favourable to development, with production of embryos (seeds, cysts, or …

Laboratory breeding of the short-lived annual killifish Nothobranchius furzeri

M Polačik, R Blažek, M Reichard - Nature Protocols, 2016 - nature.com
Turquoise killifish, Nothobranchius furzeri, have an intrinsically short life span, with a median
life span of< 6 months and a maximum (90%) life span of 9 months. This short life span …