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From: A large close relative of C. elegans is slow-developing but not long-lived

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C. inopinata is not longer-lived than C. elegans at 25°C after taking reproductive mode and developmental timing into account. (a) Total lifespan models. Here, Day = 0 represents the day embryos were laid. (b) Adult lifespan models. Here, Day = 0 is the approximate first day of adulthood, taken as the total lifespan minus two (C. elegans) or four (C. inopinata) days. Wild-type C. elegans N2 exhibits both shorter total and adult median lifespan than C. inopinata. Conversely, C. inopinata females have a marginally higher median total lifespan than non-selfing C. elegans (fog-2) mutant females, and no difference in C. inopinata and C. elegans (fog-2) adult lifespan was detected (Cox proportional hazards linear model comparison, Z-value=0.74, p=0.73). N worms=263 (C. elegans N2), N=281 (C. elegans (fog-2)), N=444 (C. inopinata).

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