NO MUTATION ACCUMULATIONS. “Potential damage to meristems as a result of age-associated mutations is negligible, because no evidence of accumulation of somatic mutations in meristems was found in a study of bristlecone pines (Pinus longaeva) that ranged from 23 to 4713 yr of age. Special cases of even longer life span have been reported in clonal species, such as Lomatia tasmanica, an endangered species that exclusively reproduces asexually and whose clonal reproduction has been dated to an age of at least 43 600 yr.”
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03360.x/full
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022