Selection for increased longevity in drosophila melanogaster: Reflections on new data

Gerontology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 14-17

  Baret, P V ^a   Le Bourg, Éric ^b   Lints, F A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Drosophila melanogaster; Genetics of aging; Life span; Reproduction at late age

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; GENETIC SELECTION; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGING; ANIMALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; LONGEVITY; MALE; REPRODUCTION; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEX RATIO;

EID: 0030038987     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: 14230003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000213765     Document Type: Article

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