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Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 13:43:11 EDT
Subject: Re: To T. Donaldson.

T. Donaldson said:

> You also, however, seem to have mistaken something I said. I hardly
> claimed that nematodes were bacteria. I know the difference very well.
> The question I raised came from their difference from mammals, and
> in particular humans. I doubt longevity results with nematodes and
> not just with insects: nematodes may be closer than fruit flies,
> but so are many other living things. They're just not close enough.
> 

Nematodes are worms, I wrote about fungus... In either case I agree they are 
far from mammals. On the other side, here are deep roots in the biochemistry 
pathways of all eucaryote cells, so his can have an interest even at mammal 
level even if is not the full story here.

Yvan Bozzonetti.


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