Decline in offspring viability as a manifestation of aging in Drosophila Melanogaster

Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1822-1831

  Kern, Stefanie ^a   Ackermann, Martin ^a   Stearns, Stephen C ^a   Kawecki, Tadeusz J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aging; Maternal age; Maternal effects; Offspring quality; Offspring viability; Senescence

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SELECTION; VIABILITY;

ANIMALIA; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILIDAE; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0034763020     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2001.tb00831.x     Document Type: Article

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