Why do we age?

Nature

Volumn 408, Issue 6809, 2000, Pages 233-238

  Kirkwood, Thomas B L ^a   Austad, Steven N ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; NONHUMAN; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THEORY;

AGING; ANIMALS; ENERGY INTAKE; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 0034626774     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35041682     Document Type: Review

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