Genetic analysis of ageing: Role of oxidative damage and environmental stresses

Nature Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 25-34

  Martin, George M ^a   Austad, Steven N ^b   Johnson, Thomas E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MARSUPIAL; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RODENTIA; SELECTION (GENETICS); SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER; METATHERIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0029920370     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng0596-25     Document Type: Review

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