Gompertz growth in number dead confirms medflies and nematodes show excess oldster survival

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 719-726

  Easton, Dexter M ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age survivorship; Caenorhabditis elegans; Gompertz growth; Gompertz kinetics; Longevity; Medflies; Survival kinetics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA; LONGEVITY; MORTALITY; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGING; ANIMALS; DIPTERA; KINETICS; LONGEVITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORTALITY; NEMATODA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CERATITIS CAPITATA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0030667888     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0531-5565(97)00043-0     Document Type: Article

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