On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 11:34 PM, Steve Richfield <steve.richfi...@gmail.com > wrote:
> Ben, > > It seems COMPLETELY obvious (to me) that almost any mutation would shorten > lifespan, so we shouldn't expect to learn much from it. Why then do the Methuselah flies live 5x as long as normal flies? You're conjecturing this is unrelated to the dramatically large number of SNPs with very different frequencies in the two classes of populations??? ben ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=8660244-6e7fb59c Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
