Germ Cells Influence the Pace of Aging Differently by Sex (opens in new tab)

No part of the body is truly isolated; all organs, systems, and cell populations interact with all of the others in various ways. Cells secrete and take up countless varieties of molecules and vesicles, carried throughout the body by the circulatory system to cause reactions elsewhere. Given the strong impact of reproductive success on the evolution of a species, including the characteristics of aging in that species, it perhaps shouldn't be surprising to find that germline cells get an outsi...