Analyses of human-chimpanzee orthologous gene pairs to explore evolutionary hypotheses of aging

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 128, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 355-364

  de Magalhães, João Pedro ^a   Church, George M ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative genomics; Life history; Longevity; Natural selection

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOMINID; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PAN TROGLODYTES; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WERNER SYNDROME;

AGING; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES; HUMANS; PAN TROGLODYTES; WERNER SYNDROME;

HOMINIDAE; MAMMALIA; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 34347382333     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2007.03.004     Document Type: Article

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