The evolution of aging: A new approach to an old problem of biology

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 179-221

  Bowles, J T ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE;

AGING; ALLELE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CALORIC RESTRICTION; EVOLUTION; FITNESS; GENETIC DRIFT; HOMOZYGOSITY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUNGER; LIFESPAN; MENOPAUSE; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SENESCENCE; TELOMERE;

EID: 0031690075     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9877(98)90079-2     Document Type: Article

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