Life cycle and population growth rate of Caenorhabditis elegans studied by a new method

BMC Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Muschiol, Daniel ^a   Schroeder, Fabian ^a   Traunspurger, Walter ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ADAPTATION; AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; FERTILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIFE CYCLE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; TIME;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; AGING; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; FERTILITY; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67650142868     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6785-9-14     Document Type: Article

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