Modeling the maternal-age dependency of reproductive failure and genetic fitness

Evolution and Development

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 203-207

  Zheng, Chang Jiang ^a   Guo, Sun Wei ^b   Byers, Breck ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; MUTATION; REPRODUCTION;

CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 0033929877     PISSN: 1520541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-142X.2000.00058.x     Document Type: Article

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