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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1983-4-7
pubmed:abstractText
Data from nine inbred and six hybrid mouse strains of both sexes were used in a correlational analysis to examine the relationships between lifespan and several growth parameters, including body weight at weaning, at 6 weeks after weaning, and at 1 year, and estimates of growth rate, food consumption, and feeding efficiency during early life. The analysis revealed strong relationships of genotype to all variables. Hybridization was associated with longer lifespan, but sex was not related to lifespan. Several growth parameters were significantly related to lifespan, but the directions of the correlations were sex-dependent. Several body weight and growth parameters were positively correlated to lifespan in males, while negatively correlated to lifespan in females. Genotype accounted for most of the variance in these relationships with the exception of hybrid males, where the correlation between growth rate and lifespan was attributable largely to environmental factors. In demonstrating significant correlations between lifespan and constitutional variables within a species, the results supported a morphogenetically based hypothesis of lifespan inheritance; however, the sex differential in the direction of the relationship between growth and lifespan further demonstrated the difficulty of making predictions deduced from the hypothesis.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0047-6374
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
20
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
253-66
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1982
pubmed:articleTitle
The relationship of genotype, sex, body weight, and growth parameters to lifespan in inbred and hybrid mice.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't