GenAge entry for bam (Drosophila melanogaster)
Gene information (ID: 836)
- Symbol
- bam
- Aliases
- alpha; Bam; BAM; Bam-C; BamC; BamF; CG10422; Dmel\CG10422
- Name
- bag of marbles
- Organism
- Drosophila melanogaster (AnAge)
Potential relevance to longevity and/or ageing
- Observations
- Drosophila Bam overexpressing mutants have an extended lifespan due to germ cell loss.
- % change in avg or median lifespan
- Average female lifespan is up to 50% higher; Average male lifespan is up to 27.8% higher.
- Lifespan Effect
- Increase
- Genetic Manipulation
- Mutations
- Longevity Category
- Pro-Longevity
- Primary reference
-
Homologs in other organisms
No homologs found
External links
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