Transgenerational Inheritance of Starvation Effects on Lifespan and Reproduction in Caenorhabditis elegans

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Date

2018-06

Authors

Rantisi, Juliana Gubreal

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University of Oregon

Abstract

It is imperative to study the effects of stressors on future generations to understand how we can mitigate negative effects that transcend generations. Transgenerational effects occur when the fitness of successive generations is affected

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46 pages. Presented to the Department of Human Physiology and the Robert D. Clark Honors College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Science June 2018

Keywords

Human physiology, C. elegans, Transgenerational effects, Epigenetics, Starvation, Lifespan, Reproduction

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