Re-evaluating a test of the heterogeneity explanation for mortality plateaus

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 40, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 101-113

  Steinsaltz, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila melanogaster; Heterogeneity explanation; Mortality plateaus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HAZARD; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; LONGEVITY; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 12344276615     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2004.11.010     Document Type: Article

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