Sexual reproduction impacts vertebrate organ aging
Jingxun Chen, Aleksandra Tsenter, Emma K. Costa, Doudou Yu, Xiangping Lin, Kenneth L. Chen, Veronica Augustina Bot, Madeline J. Housh, Leo-Paul Heraud, S.V. Perry, Rishad C. Khondker, Michael P. Snyder, Ashley E. Webb, Tony Wyss‐Coray, Anne Brunet
This study shows that lifelong mating in killifish affects liver aging in a sex-specific manner and is associated with younger transcriptomic and proteomic ages in humans.
bioRxiv · Oct 13, 2026 · PreprintGenomics