date:Jan 07, 2014
n also monitor what happens when damage to DNA is not repaired in several hundred specimens and through their entire lifespan, she said.
Different repair proteins take care of various types of damage to the DNA. The most common ones are repaired by cutting out and replacing a single damaged base by itself or as part of a larger fragment.
Underactive genetic control affects lifespan
In some specimens of the worm that did not have the ability to repair the damage, the researchers observed tha