Confirmed Longevity Genes From Model Animals
| Podospora | Saccharomyces | Caenorhabditis | Drosophila | Mouse |
| grisea | LAG1 | daf-2 | sod1 | Prop-1 |
| LAC1 | age-1/daf-23 | cat1 | p66shc |
| RAS1 | daf-18 | mth | |
| RAS2 | akt-1/akt-2 | | |
| PHB1 | daf-16 | | |
| PHB2 | daf-12 | | |
| CDC7 | ctl-1 | | |
| BUD1 | old-1 | | |
| RTG2 | spe-26 | | |
| RPD3 | clk-1 | | |
| HDA1 | mev-1 | | |
| SIR2 | | | |
| SIR4-42 | | | |
| UTH4 | | | |
| YGL023 | | | |
| SGS1 | | | |
| RAD52 | | | |
| FOB1 | | | |
The major genetic model organisms used in aging research are the filamentous fungus ('Podospora anserina'), bakers' yeast ('Saccharomyces cerevisiae'), the soil roundworm ('Caenorhabditis elegans'), the fruit fly ('Drosophila melanogaster'), and the mouse ('Mus musculus').
See also
External links
"Longevity genes"