What Can Tortoises Teach Us About Aging?

This week on Nature League, Brit Garner explores aging and lifespan mysteries of life on Earth by breaking down a recent scientific journal article about giant tortoises.

Article citation:

V. Quesada et al.

Giant tortoise genomes provide insights into longevity and age-related disease

Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2018

Article link:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-018-0733-x


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Nature League is a weekly edutainment channel that explores life on Earth and asks questions that inspire us to marvel at all things wild. Join host Brit Garner each week to learn about, connect to, and love the amazing living systems on Earth and the mechanics that drive them.