Apoptosis contributes to protect germ cells from the oogenic germline starvation response but is not essential for the gonad shrinking or recovery observed during adult reproductive diapause in C. elegans
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0218265
Abstract: When C. elegans hermaphrodites are deprived of food during the mid-L4 larval stage and throughout adulthood, they enter an alternative stage termed “adult reproductive diapause (ARD)” in which they halt reproduction and extend their lifespan.… read more here.
Keywords: oogenic germline; germline starvation; apoptosis; starvation response ... See more keywords