Demographic analysis reveals gradual senescence in the flatworm Macrostomum lignano

Frontiers in Zoology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Mouton, Stijn ^a   Willems, Maxime ^a   Back, Patricia ^a   Braeckman, Bart P ^a   Borgonie, Gaetan ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MACROSTOMUM LIGNANO; MUS MUSCULUS; PLATYHELMINTHES; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; TURBELLARIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 68949182880     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17429994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-9994-6-15     Document Type: Article

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