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The Possible Role Of Membrane Lipids In The Exceptionally Long Life Of The Short-Beaked Echidna, Tachyglossus Aculeatus, Anthony J. Hulbert, Lyn Beard, Gordon Grigg
The Possible Role Of Membrane Lipids In The Exceptionally Long Life Of The Short-Beaked Echidna, Tachyglossus Aculeatus, Anthony J. Hulbert, Lyn Beard, Gordon Grigg
Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Papers (Archive)
The short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) is an exceptionally long-living mammal having a maximal lifespan of -50 years. This is about four times that predicted from its body mass and, consequently, its longevity quotient is ∼4.This longevity quotient is similar to two other exceptionally long-living mammalian species; the naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber) and Homo sapiens. In recent times, the types of fats that make up cellular membrane have been implicated in the determination of a species' maximum lifespan. This modification of the oxidative stress theory of aging, which has been called the membrane pacemaker theory of aging, derives from the fact …
Calling Our Spirits Home: Indigenous Cultural Festivals And The Making Of A Good Life, Lisa Slater
Calling Our Spirits Home: Indigenous Cultural Festivals And The Making Of A Good Life, Lisa Slater
Faculty of Arts - Papers (Archive)
Speaking about the problems affecting Wik youth of Aurukun, Cape York, a local community health worker, Derek Walpo, lamented that ‘their spirits have wandered too far. We need to call them back’. The poignant reflection was made at a debriefing session following a social and wellbeing festival in Aurukun.1 The five‐day event culminated in a Mary G concert, in which almost all the township gathered to laugh and cheer the indomitable Broome ‘lady’. It was not just Mary G’s ribald humour that vitalised and galvanised the crowd, but also her performance that playfully reflected back and validated some of the …