Evolution of senescence in nature: Physiological evolution in populations of garter snake with divergent life histories

American Naturalist

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 147-159

  Robert, Kylie A ^a,b   Bronikowski, Anne M ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dna damage; Free radical; Oxidative stress; Reptile, senescence; Stress response

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; FREE RADICAL;

AGING; DNA; ECOTYPE; ENERGY BUDGET; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FREE RADICAL; LIFE HISTORY; LONGEVITY; MITOCHONDRION; NEONATE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PREGNANCY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SENESCENCE; SNAKE;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; NEWBORN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SNAKE;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CORTICOSTERONE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVOLUTION; FREE RADICALS; MITOCHONDRIA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SNAKES;

REPTILIA; SERPENTES; THAMNOPHIS; THAMNOPHIS ELEGANS;

EID: 76249088581     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/649595     Document Type: Article

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