Genetic analysis of extended life span in Drosophila melanogaster I. RAPD screen for genetic divergence between selected and control lines

Genetica

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-32

  Curtsinger, James W ^b   Fukui, Hank H ^b   Resler, Amy S ^a   Kelly, Kristi ^b   Khazaeli, Aziz A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial selection; Genetic drift; Life span; Longevity; QTL

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CROSS BREEDING; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA;

AGING; ANIMALS; CROSSES, GENETIC; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MORTALITY; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; SELECTION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0032434892     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003442619700     Document Type: Article

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