The Evolution of Aging

Reviews in Clinical Gerontology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 3-9

  Kirkwood, T B L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; CYTOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GENE ACTIVITY; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MORTALITY; NATURAL SELECTION; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW;

EID: 0028912184     PISSN: 09592598     EISSN: 14699036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959259800003932     Document Type: Review

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