Age invariant of Gompertz function and exponential decay of populations commensuration with CLOV experiments

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 201, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 231-238

  Suematsu, Kazumi ^a   Kohno, Minoru ^a  

^a Kohno Clinical Medicine Research Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING;

AGE; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CERATITIS CAPITATA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA;

EID: 0033592874     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1999.1026     Document Type: Article

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