But its harvest was once an annual feast for many ice age animals, including mammoths.

曾经桑橙树收获果实的季节，对冰河世纪许多动物来说是一场年度盛宴，包括猛犸象。

As an animal ages, so does its methylome.

随着动物年龄的增长， 它的甲基化组也会变老。

That difference would tell a lot potentially about the animal's age, maybe about its sex, but also about its general health.

那个区别能告诉我们很多信息，可能关于动物的年龄，也许能表明它的性别，但也许也关于它的大致健康情况。

Hayflick-limited cells thus accumulate as an animal ages, and many biologists believe they are one of the things which control maximum lifespan.

达到海佛法列克极限细胞就会随着动物的年龄而积蓄，并且许多生物学家相信这样的细胞一定与掌控最大生命长度的物质有关。

Meachen is an anatomy professor at Des Moines University in Iowa and played a major role in determining the animal's age.

Meachen 是爱荷华州得梅因大学的解剖学教授，在确定这只动物的年龄方面发挥了重要作用。

These lenses are really useful in studying the animals’ age, because they contain a layer called the embryonic nucleus, which is made of proteins that are made during the earliest stages of the shark’s life.

这些透镜对于研究动物的年龄非常有用，因为它们包含一层称为胚核的层， 该层由鲨鱼生命早期阶段产生的蛋白质构成。