A model for antagonistic pleiotropic gene action for mortality and advanced age

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1525-1534

  Toupance, Bruno ^a,d   Godelle, Bernard ^a,b   Gouyon, Pierre Henri ^a   Schächter, François ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE;

AGING; ALLELE; ARTICLE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MODEL; HUMAN; LIFE TABLE; LONGEVITY; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0031801739     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/301865     Document Type: Article

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