Failure to confirm increased longevity in Drosophila melanogaster submitted to a food restriction procedure

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1996, Pages

  Le Bourg, Eric ^a,b   Minois, Nadège ^a  

^a Fr Natl Ctr for Sci Research   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIET RESTRICTION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; LONGEVITY; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INVERTEBRATA; MELANOGASTER; RODENTIA;

EID: 0030016910     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/51A.4.B280     Document Type: Article

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