Ageing and immortality

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 355, Issue 1403, 2000, Pages 1657-1662

  Rose, M R ^a   Mueller, L D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageing; Demography; Evolution; Immortality; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AGING; LIFE HISTORY; MORTALITY; NATURAL SELECTION;

HYLOTELEPHIUM TELEPHIUM;

EID: 0034731033     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2000.0728     Document Type: Article

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