Comment by Matthew Piper, William Mair, Linda Partridge on Min, K.J., Flatt, T., Kulaots, I., Tatar, M. (2006) "Counting calories in Drosophila dietary restriction" Exp. Gerontology, doi:10.1016/j.exger.2006.10.009

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 253-255

  Piper, Matthew ^a   Mair, William ^b   Partridge, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; DIET RESTRICTION; DROSOPHILA; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; LETTER; LONGEVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; CALORIC RESTRICTION; DROSOPHILA; ENERGY METABOLISM; LONGEVITY;

EID: 33847784304     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2007.01.002     Document Type: Letter

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