Aging mechanisms in fruit flies

BioEssays

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 799-807

  Tower, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0030272620     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.950181006     Document Type: Review

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