Mutation and senescence: Where genetics and demography meet

Genetica

Volumn 102-103, Issue , 1998, Pages 299-314

  Promislow, Daniel E L ^a   Tatar, Marc ^b  

^a University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Demography; Mortality; Mutation accumulation; Senescence

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYOPHYTA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 7344254682     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-5210-5_24     Document Type: Article

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