Marine biology: Ageing a ‘living fossil’

A novel approach to determine the lifespan of an iconic fish, the coelacanth Latimeria chalumnae, reveals that they can live up to a hundred years. This re-focuses attention on the need to measure life-history traits that determine the demographics of fish populations. A novel approach to determine...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Current biology 2021-08, Vol.31 (16), p.R998-R1000
1. Verfasser:	Choat, J. Howard
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aging Animals Fishes Fossils Marine Biology Phylogeny
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Zusammenfassung:	A novel approach to determine the lifespan of an iconic fish, the coelacanth Latimeria chalumnae, reveals that they can live up to a hundred years. This re-focuses attention on the need to measure life-history traits that determine the demographics of fish populations. A novel approach to determine the lifespan of an iconic fish, the coelacanth Latimeria chalumnae, reveals that they can live up to a hundred years. This re-focuses attention on the need to measure life-history traits that determine the demographics of fish populations.
ISSN:	0960-9822 1879-0445
DOI:	10.1016/j.cub.2021.06.092