Recommended Reading

Hubbard E. J. A. and Greenstein D., Introduction to the germline (September 1, 2005), review of C. elegans biology. WormBook, ed. The C. elegans Research Community.

http://www.wormbook.org/chapters/www_introgermline/introgermline.html

Apfeld, J., and Kenyon, C. (1999). Regulation of lifespan by sensory perception in Caenorhabditis elegans. Nature 402, 804-809.

Arantes-Oliveira, N., Berman, J.R., and Kenyon, C. (2003). Healthy animals with extreme longevity. Science 302, 611.

Alcedo, J., and Kenyon, C. (2004). Regulation of C. elegans Longevity by Specific Gustatory and Olfactory Neurons. Neuron 41, 45-55.

Hsin, H., and Kenyon, C. (1999). Signals from the reproductive system regulate the lifespan of C. elegans. Nature 399, 362-366.

Lin, K., Hsin, H., Libina, N., and Kenyon, C. (2001). Regulation of the Caenorhabditis elegans longevity protein DAF-16 by insulin/IGF-1 and germline signaling. Nat Genet 28, 139-145.

Pinkston, J., Garigan, D., Hansen, M., and Kenyon, C. (2006).  Mutations that increase the life span of C. elegans inhibit tumor growth.  Science 313(5789), 971-975.

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