Mortality oscillations induced by periodic starvation alter sex- mortality differentials in Mediterranean fruit flies

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 1999, Pages

  Carey, James R ^a,b   Liedo, Pablo ^c   Müller, Hans Georg ^a   Wang, Jane Ling ^a   Chiou, Jeng Min ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^d NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; FLY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STARVATION;

EID: 0032694051     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/54.10.B424     Document Type: Article

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