Heterogeneity in individual mortality risk and its importance for evolutionary studies of senescence

American Naturalist

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-13

  Service, Philip M ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Frailty Gompertz function; Genetic variance; Mortality rate; Senescence

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIATION; HETEROGENEITY; MORTALITY RISK; SENESCENCE;

DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILIDAE;

EID: 0034083397     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303371     Document Type: Article

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