Biological boundaries and biological age

Acta Biotheoretica

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 397-418

  Demongeot, Jacques ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE TIMC IMAG   (France)

Author keywords

Biological age; Biological boundary; Cell cycle; Cell entropy; Exponential growth; Survival entropy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; CHRONOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; LIPID; MITOCHONDRION; MORTALITY; PROTEIN; SKIN; SURVIVAL;

MUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL AGING; CELL CYCLE; CELL SURVIVAL; ENTROPY; HUMAN; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL AGING; CELL CYCLE; CELL SURVIVAL; ENTROPY; HUMANS; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 77949895512     PISSN: 00015342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10441-009-9087-8     Document Type: Article

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