Lifespan is not determined by metabolic rate: Evidence from fishes and C. elegans

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 947-949

  Yen, Kelvin ^a   Mastitis, Jason W ^a   Mobbs, Charles V ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CALORIC RESTRICTION; FISH; LIFESPAN; LOW TEMPERATURE; METABOLIC RATE; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; FISHES; LONGEVITY;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 2942722248     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2004.03.016     Document Type: Note

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