Mutational clocks tick differently across species

Alexander N. Gorelick and Kamila Naxerova ()

Nature, 2022, vol. 604, issue 7906, 435-436

Abstract: Throughout life, cells accrue mutations. It now emerges that longer-lived animals acquire mutations at a slower rate than do short-lived species, potentially explaining why cancer risk does not increase with lifespan.

Keywords: Cancer; Cell biology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1038/d41586-022-00976-w

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