The fractionation experiment: Reducing heterogeneity to investigate age-specific mortality in Drosophila

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 301-317

  Khazaeli, Aziz A ^a   Pletcher, Scott D ^a   Curtsinger, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Fractionation; Heterogeneity; Leveling off; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGING; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MORTALITY;

EID: 0032538895     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-6374(98)00102-X     Document Type: Article

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