Developmental biomarkers of aging in Caenorhabditis elegans

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 239, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1306-1314

  Pincus, Zachary ^a   Slack, Frank J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging biomarker; Inter individual variability; Longevity

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AGING; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOMEOSTASIS; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AGING; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; LONGEVITY;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 77951568707     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.22224     Document Type: Review

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