Evolution of aging: Theoretical and practical implications from rattlesnakes

Zoo Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 267-277

  Kardong, Kenneth V ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Reptilia; Snakes; Viperidae

Indexed keywords

CROTALUS; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; VIPERIDAE;

EID: 0030546515     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2361(1996)15:3<267::AID-ZOO6>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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