Lifespan in captive baboons is heritable

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 123, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1461-1467

  Martin, Lisa J ^a,b   Mahaney, Michael C ^a   Bronikowski, Anne M ^c   Dee Carey, K ^a   Dyke, Bennett ^a   Comuzzie, Anthony G ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Genetics; Non human primates; Variance component analysis

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BABOON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERITABILITY; LIFESPAN; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; VARIANCE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; GENETICS; LONGEVITY; PAPIO; PHYSIOLOGY;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; NEMATODA; PAPIO; PAPIO HAMADRYAS; PRIMATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; FEMALE; LONGEVITY; MALE; PAPIO;

EID: 0036757253     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-6374(02)00083-0     Document Type: Article

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