“…Telomerase expression of the sand scallop, Euvola ziczac, however has been detected in adult tissue (adductor muscle, gill, mantle, and male and female gonads) as well as during early developmental stages (Owen et al, 2007). The results of A. islandica are in line with other animals showing indeterminate growth, such as the rainbow trout, lobsters, molluscs, or other marine invertebrates, which express telomerase in all examined tissues during their complete investigated lifespan (Klapper et al, 1998b;Owen et al, 2007). As an emerging model system for ageing studies, bivalves, and especially the ocean quahog, can also compete with established longlived model systems for ageing such as primates and the naked molerat (Austad, 2010;Fischer and Steven, 2011;Lewis et al, 2012) that show similar life history associations between MLSP and growth rate or development (i.e.…”