The rate of ageing in a long-lived bird is not heritable

Heredity

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 363-370

  Brommer, J E ^a   Rattiste, K ^b   Wilson, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal model; Bird; Evolution; Quantitative genetics; Senescence

Indexed keywords

AGING; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FITNESS; GENETIC VARIATION; HERITABILITY; LONGEVITY; SENESCENCE; SURVIVAL; WADER;

AGE; AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; FEMALE; GENETICS; INHERITANCE; LONGEVITY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL MATURATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; BIRDS; FEMALE; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; LONGEVITY; MALE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL MATURATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; LARUS CANUS;

EID: 77950089062     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2009.125     Document Type: Article

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