Genetic, behavioral and environmental determinants of male longevity in Caenorhabditis elegans

Genetics

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1597-1610

  Gems, David ^a,b   Riddle, Donald L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; COPULATION; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LONGEVITY; MALE; RECEPTOR, INSULIN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034036321     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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