Insights from comparative analyses of aging in birds and mammals

Aging Cell

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 273-284

  Ricklefs, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Evolution; Genetics; Life history; Senescence; Weibull function

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; BIRD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LIFE HISTORY; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MAMMAL; MORTALITY; NATURAL POPULATION; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENESCENCE; SPECIES COMPARISON; VERTEBRATE; ANIMAL; GENETICS; HUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY;

AVES; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

AGING; ANIMALS; BIRDS; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; MAMMALS; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

EID: 77953261824     PISSN: 14749718     EISSN: 14749726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-9726.2009.00542.x     Document Type: Review

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