Effect of deleterious mutations on life span in Drosophila melanogaster

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1246-1252

  Gong, Yi ^a   Thompson Jr , James N ^b   Woodruff, R C ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC SELECTION; HETEROZYGOTE; LIFESPAN; MALE; MATING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X CHROMOSOME;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 33846464631     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/61.12.1246     Document Type: Article

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