Comment on 'Naked mole-rat mortality rates defy Gompertzian laws by not increasing with age'

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Comment on 'Naked mole-rat mortality rates defy Gompertzian laws by not increasing with age'

Dammann, Philip; Scherag, André; Zak, Nikolay; Szafranski, Karol; Holtze, Susanne; Begall, Sabine; Burda, Hynek; Kestler, Hans A; Hildebrandt, Thomas; Platzer, Matthias

eLife, 07/2019, Volume: 8

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Ruby et al. recently analyzed historical lifespan data on more than 3200 naked mole-rats, collected over a total observation period of about 38 years (Ruby et al., 2018). They report that mortality hazards do not seem to increase across the full range of their so-far-observed lifespan, and conclude that this defiance of Gompertz's law 'uniquely identifies the naked mole-rat as a non-aging mammal'. Here, we explain why we believe this conclusion is premature.

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