Update on slow aging and negligible senescence - A mini-review

Gerontology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 307-313

  Finch, Caleb E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Centenarians; Naked mole rat; Negligible senescence; Rockfish; Turtles

Indexed keywords

AGING; FISH; GENOME; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAMMAL; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENESCENCE; TURTLE;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANIMALS; CELL AGING; FISHES; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MOLE RATS; TURTLES;

EID: 65949099322     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000215589     Document Type: Review

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