Early mortality surge in protein-deprived females causes reversal of sex differential of life expectancy in Mediterranean fruit flies

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 2762-2765

  Müller, Hans Georg ^a,c   Wang, Jane Ling ^a,c   Capra, William B ^a,c,d   Liedo, Pablo ^b,c   Carey, James R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Ctro Invest Ecologicas del Sureste   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

curve estimation; hazard rate; longevity; statistical methods; vulnerable period

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGING; ANIMALS; DIETARY SUCROSE; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0030909366     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.94.6.2762     Document Type: Article

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