Evolutionary patterns among measures of aging

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 507-516

  Nusbaum, Theodore J ^a   Mueller, Laurence D ^a   Rose, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

evolution of aging; Gompertz equation; measures of aging

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0030200822     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0531-5565(96)00002-2     Document Type: Article

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