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Detailed studies of cellular changes in ageing nematode worms show that they, like humans, suffer progressive muscle deterioration. Randomness of cell damage is another shared hallmark of the ageing process.

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Figure 1: Lifespan distributions for individual Caenorhabditis elegans nematodes in isogenic populations of wild-type (green) and long-lived age-1 (purple) strains.

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  1. Institute for Ageing and Health, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle General Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 6BE, UK
    Thomas B. L. Kirkwood
  2. Andrus Gerontology Center, University of Southern California, 3715 McClintock Avenue, Los Angeles, 90089, California, USA
    Caleb E. Finch

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Kirkwood, T., Finch, C. The old worm turns more slowly.Nature 419, 794–795 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/419794a

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