On the evolutionary origin of aging

Aging Cell

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 235-244

  Ackermann, Martin ^a   Chao, Lin ^b   Bergstrom, Carl T ^c   Doebeli, Michael ^d  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Asymmetry; Bacteria; Damage; Evolution; Repair

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIOLOGY; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL DAMAGE; CELL DIVISION; CELL REGENERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; COPING BEHAVIOR; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; GENE MUTATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN DEFECT; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CELL AGING; CELL DIVISION; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 33947387075     PISSN: 14749718     EISSN: 14749726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-9726.2007.00281.x     Document Type: Article

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