Separate sexes and the mitochondrial theory of ageing

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 135-140

  Allen, John F ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; FREE RADICAL; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AGING; ARTICLE; DNA DAMAGE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; FEMALE; GAMETE; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; MUTATION RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; THEORY;

EID: 0030596417     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1996.0089     Document Type: Article

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