Positive selection of Caenorhabditis elegans mutants with increased stress resistance and longevity

Genetics

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 171-180

  Muñoz, Manuel J ^a,b   Riddle, Donald L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULTHOOD; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; COOLING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SELECTION; HEAT TOLERANCE; LARVA; LARVAL STAGE; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SEXUAL MATURITY; STARVATION; STRESS; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; HEAT; LONGEVITY; MUTATION; SELECTION (GENETICS); STARVATION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0037274713     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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