A delayed wave of death from reproduction in Drosophila

Science

Volumn 286, Issue 5449, 1999, Pages 2521-2524

  Sgrò, Carla M ^a   Partridge, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION; LIFE CYCLE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION;

AGING; ANIMALS; CROSSES, GENETIC; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENES, INSECT; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; LONGEVITY; MALE; OVIPOSITION; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0033601345     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.286.5449.2521     Document Type: Article

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