An evolutionary heterogeneity model of late-life fecundity in Drosophila

Biogerontology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 147-161

  Mueller, Laurence D ^a   Rauser, Casandra L ^a   Rose, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Drosophila; Fecundity plateau; Late life; Natural selection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOCHASTIC MODEL; SURVIVAL;

AGING; ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; LONGEVITY; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SELECTION (GENETICS); STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 33947703583     PISSN: 13895729     EISSN: 15736768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10522-006-9042-x     Document Type: Article

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