Age determination in individual wild-caught Drosophila serrata using pteridine concentration

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 3155-3163

  Robson, Simon K A ^a   Vickers, Mathew ^a   Blows, Mark W ^b   Crozier, Ross H ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age determination; Drosophila serrata; Pteridine; Survivor function

Indexed keywords

BIOPTERIN;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAD; LIGHT; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; ZOOLOGY;

AGING; ANIMALS; BIOPTERIN; DROSOPHILA; ENTOMOLOGY; FEMALE; HEAD; LIGHT; MALE; TEMPERATURE;

DROSOPHILA SERRATA;

EID: 33749168335     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02318     Document Type: Article

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