Genes as gerontological variables: Uniform genotypes

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 95-104

  McClearn, Gerald E ^a   Hofer, Scott M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Animal models; Inbred strains

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCATION; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOTYPE; INBRED STRAIN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS; RAT;

AGING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CROSSES, GENETIC; DIET; FEMALE; GENES; GENOTYPE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 0032878512     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-4580(99)00030-5     Document Type: Article

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