The uses of intraspecific variation in aging research

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 453-463

  Austad, Steven N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Genetic variation; Geographic variation; Intraspecific variation; Iongevity; Mammals

Indexed keywords

AGING; ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MOUSE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AGING; ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MICE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030177439     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0531-5565(95)02068-3     Document Type: Note

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