Evolutionary theories of ageing applied to long-lived organisms

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 36, Issue 4-6, 2001, Pages 641-650

  Partridge, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Birds; Life histories; Mutation accumulation; Oxidative stress; Pleiotropy; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

AGING; BIRD; CONFERENCE PAPER; DROSOPHILA; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; LITERATURE; LONGEVITY; MOUSE; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCTION; THEORY;

AGING; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; LONGEVITY;

AVES;

EID: 0035063757     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0531-5565(00)00232-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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