Rejuvenation of the disposable soma: Repeated injury extends lifespan in an asexual annelid

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 699-704

  Martínez, Daniel E ^a  

^a ST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; longevity; oligochaeta; regeneration; senescence

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; DNA DAMAGE; EXCISION REPAIR; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REJUVENATION; SENESCENCE;

AGING; ANIMALS; LONGEVITY; OLIGOCHAETA; REGENERATION;

ANNELIDA; MAMMALIA; PARANAIS LITORALIS;

EID: 0030296687     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0531-5565(96)00099-X     Document Type: Article

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