Molecular gerontology. Bridging the simple and the complex

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 908, Issue , 2000, Pages 14-20

  Kirkwood, Thomas B L ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CELL AGING; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE MUTATION; GERONTOLOGY; HEREDITY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 0033927680     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2000.tb06631.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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