There is extensive evidence supporting that short telomeres owing to telomerase-deficiency lead to aging and that re-expression of telomerase reverses this particular type of aging (Flores et al, 2008; Jaskelioff et al, 2011; Samper et al, 2001), however, it is not known whether TERT expression can rescue short telomeres during physiological mouse aging.
A recent assessment of the dragon population within the Wae Wull reserve indicates that it has remained stable over the last few years and the researchers are looking to apply the same type of approach to northern Flores where the other three reserves are located.
These results confirmed the prediction that 'at macroevolutionary scales, host phage interaction matrices should be typified by a modular structure' (Flores et al., 2011), as also had been observed across 215 phage types against 286 host types of unknown diversity (Flores et al., 2013).
On a planet that bristled with different types of human being, including Neanderthals and the Hobbit-like folk of Flores, only one is left today: Homo sapiens.
Flores Sea, Bahasa Indonesia Laut Flores, portion of the western South Pacific Ocean, bounded on the north by the island of Celebes (Sulawesi) and on the south by the Lesser Sunda Islands of Flores and Sumbawa.
Lomblen lies between the Flores Sea (north) and the Savu Sea (south), about 25 miles (40 km) east of Flores and just east of Adonara Island.
Nearby is the Basilica of Flores, an early stop during his priesthood.
The publication of the discovery on the Indonesian Island of Flores in October 2004, caused a sensation.
Explore the magnificent waterfalls and lagoons of Flores, a veritable botanical garden and a Unesco Biosphere Reserve.
For more photos of Flores visit our photo tour.
