Predicting death in female Drosophila

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 766-772

  Mueller, Laurence D ^a   Shahrestani, Parvin ^a   Rauser, Casandra L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Death spiral; Disability; Drosophila; Dying; Fecundity; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE;

AGING; ANIMALS; DEATH; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 70449712563     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2009.09.001     Document Type: Article

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