What interesting things worms are.
You could write a column. The underlying wit made me laugh. I do not know how the worms would feel about loosing their eventual meal of professors. Maybe thats how they get their intelligence.
More seriously are any of the effects at mitochondrial level applicable to mammals?. I had a quick search and maybe they are.
Respect to worms. May be we are not as distant from worms as we would like to think.
Ubiquinone is also called CoQ10
Clocked Out: Mice missing clk-1 die young (Mitochondrial respiration)
R. John Davenport
http://sageke.sciencemag.org/cgi/con...e;2001/10/nw38
"Previously, scientists identified a nematode gene, clk-1, that generates ubiquinone and limits life-span. New work suggests that mice lacking the corresponding gene display similar abnormalities as do worms: For example, they make unusually small amounts of ubiquinone and consume less oxygen than normal, although an effect on life-span has yet to be observed. The work opens up new avenues for studying the role of ubiquinone in mammals and might lead to insights into how ROS production influences aging."
Witty responses welcome.
RB