AnAge entry for Nematoda
Classification (HAGRID: 04236)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum
- Nematoda (Browse taxon)
- Common name
- Nematodes
- Synonyms
- Adenophorea, Secernentea, Nemata
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Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Observations
Ageing in nematodes is generally associated with studies in the roundworm (Caenorhabditis elegans), a short-lived post-mitotic animal. There are, however, enormous differences in rate of ageing amongst nematodes [0703]. Several species of parasitic nematodes, such as the hookworms Necator americanus and Ancylostoma duodenale or the filiarid Loa loa, can live 15 years or more [0002].
References
- [0704] Gardner et al. (2004), Aging in a very short-lived nematode (PubMed)
- [0703] Gems (2000), Longevity and ageing in parasitic and free-living nematodes (PubMed)
- [0002] Caleb Finch (1990), Longevity, Senescence, and the Genome
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