Factors contributing to the plasticity of the extended longevity phenotypes of Drosophila

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 623-643

  Arking, Robert ^a   Force, Allan G ^a,c   Dudas, Steven P ^a   Buck, Steven ^a   Baker III, George T ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; environment effects; genetic control of aging; genetic plasticity; life span; longevity; phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

AGING; DIET RESTRICTION; DROSOPHILA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC REGULATION; GENOME; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; LONGEVITY; MALE; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 0030297512     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0531-5565(96)00096-4     Document Type: Short Survey

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