The influence of environmentally induced heterogeneity on age-specific genetic variance for mortality rates

Genetical Research

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 321-329

  Pletcher, Scott D ^a,b   Curtsinger, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MODEL; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN;

AGING; ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; MODELS, GENETIC; MORTALITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ARACHNIDA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0034123893     PISSN: 00166723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016672399004413     Document Type: Article

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