Evolutionary and mechanistic theories of aging

Annual Review of Entomology

Volumn 50, Issue , 2005, Pages 421-445

  Hughes, Kimberly A ^a   Reynolds, Rose M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Antagonistic pleiotropy; Insulin signaling; Mutation accumulation; Oxidative stress; Senescence

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION; FOOD DEPRIVATION; HUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AGING; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION; FOOD DEPRIVATION; HUMANS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 12744277871     PISSN: 00664170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ento.50.071803.130409     Document Type: Review

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