Maternal and grandmaternal age influence offspring fitness in Drosophila

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 267, Issue 1457, 2000, Pages 2105-2110

  Hercus, M J ^a   Hoffmann, A A ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Environment; Grandmaternal age; Maternal age; Viability

Indexed keywords

AGE; MATERNAL EFFECT; VIABILITY;

AGING; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; COLD STRESS; DROSOPHILA; FITNESS; HERITABILITY; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MATERNAL AGE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PARENTAL AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY;

DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA SERRATA; DROSOPHILIDAE;

EID: 0034703650     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1256     Document Type: Article

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