The evolutionary substrate of aging

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1702-1705

  Martin, George M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGING; ALLELE; EDITORIAL; EVOLUTION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AGING; ALLELES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; LONGEVITY;

EID: 0036845599     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.59.11.1702     Document Type: Editorial

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