The Ames mice in Andrzej Bartkes lab look alike at birth. In every litter, how-ever, some mice will have a genetic muta-tion that inhibits or prevents the production of growth hormone or insulin-like growth factor (IGF). These hormone-free mice will grow to a third of the size of their siblings without the mutation. But around middle age, their fortunes change: the tiny mice age differently.
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