Evolutionary theories of aging. 1. The need to understand the process of natural selection

Gerontology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 336-338

  Keller, Laurent ^a   Genoud, Michel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ants; Evolutionary theories of aging; Humans; Lifespan; Mammals

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MORTALITY; NATURAL SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTS; BODY WEIGHT; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 0032721779     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000022115     Document Type: Article

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