Life histories and the evolution of aging in bacteria and other single-celled organisms

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 127, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 786-793

  Johnson, Leah R ^a   Mangel, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Euler Lotka equation; Life history; Mathematical model; Replicative senescence

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; DISPOSABLE SOMA THEORY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EULER LOTKA EQUATION; LIFE HISTORY; LIFESPAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; THEORY VALIDATION;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; AGING; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33748581057     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2006.07.004     Document Type: Article

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