Williams's theory of the evolution of senescence: Still useful at fifty

Quarterly Review of Biology

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 243-256

  Turke, Paul W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Antagonistic pleiotropy; Asymmetry; Complexity; E. Coli; Evolution of sex; Germsoma modularity; Lansing effect; Senescence

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; GERM CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW;

AGING; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; GERM CELLS; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 53349175324     PISSN: 00335770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/590509     Document Type: Review

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