On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 10:16:08PM -0500, The Fool wrote: > They are called telomeres. They are on the ends of chromosomes. > Every time a cell divides they shorten.
For that to link with what I was suggesting, there needs to be a correlation between faster metabolic rate and cell division / telomere shortening rate. Is there? Do cells divide more quickly when your metabolism speeds up, or more slowly when it slows down due to, for example, restricted calorie intake? -- Erik Reuter http://www.erikreuter.net/
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