Senescence viewed through the lens of comparative biology

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1114, Issue , 2007, Pages 14-22

  Carnes, Bruce A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodemography; Comparative biology; Senescence

Indexed keywords

AGING; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOLOGY; CELL REGENERATION; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PROGENY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPRODUCTION; SCIENCE; SENESCENCE; SEXUAL MATURITY; SOMATIC CELL; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 34249897629     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1396.045     Document Type: Conference Paper

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