January 5, 2015
This is an interesting and exciting finding and provide some hints to retrieve the secret of long life >200 years.
related article:
Insights into the Evolution of Longevity from the Bowhead Whale Genome
Correspondence: jp@senescence.info
Cell Reports 10, 112–122
In brief:
"The bowhead whale is the longest-lived mammal, possibly living over 200 years.Keane et al. sequence the bowhead genome and transcriptome and perform a comparative analysis with other cetaceans and mammals. Changes in bowhead genes related to cell cycle, DNA repair, cancer, and aging suggest
alterations that may be biologically relevant."
Complete article:
http://www.cell.com/pb/assets/raw/journals/research/cell-reports/Article%20PDFs/celrep1458.pdf
(Open Access)
other related links:
Great Whales, BBC
Bowhead whale, arkive.org
Bowhead whale, National Geographic
image source:http://www.arkive.org/bowhead-whale/balaena-mysticetus/
