Experimental evolution of aging in a bacterium

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Ackermann, Martin ^a,b   Schauerte, Alexandra ^b   Stearns, Stephen C ^c   Jenal, Urs ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; DAUGHTER; EVOLUTION; GROWTH RATE; MOTHER; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES;

AGING; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 37749015118     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-7-126     Document Type: Article

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