Is aging programmed?

Aging Cell

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 249-251

  Austad, Steven N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Antagonistic pleiotropy; Natural selection; Programmed senescence

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; DEATH; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC MANIPULATION; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMON; SENESCENCE; ANIMAL; CELL AGING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; ONCORHYNCHUS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

HYDROCORTISONE;

AGING; ANIMALS; CELL AGING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; ONCORHYNCHUS;

EID: 13844249825     PISSN: 14749718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-9728.2004.00112.x     Document Type: Article

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