A test of evolutionary theories of senescence

Nature

Volumn 287, Issue 5778, 1980, Pages 141-142

  Rose, Michael ^a   Charlesworth, Brian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ETIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; HEREDITY; MUTATION; SENESCENCE; SHORT SURVEY;

AGING; ANIMAL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; OVIPOSITION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0019191512     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/287141a0     Document Type: Article

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