Several known aging-associated QTLs individually showed no relationship with mitotypes but collectively a weak trend consistent with a role in mit-n compatibility.
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Compatibility between mitochondrial and nuclear genomes correlates with the quantitative trait of lifespan in Caenorhabditis elegans.
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The apparent lifespan increasing trend of these HW alleles in combination with HW mitotype is unexpected from previous work 30 , but is consistent with the relationship between mit-n compatibility and lifespan.