Evolution of the rate of biological aging using a phenotype based computational model

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 266, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 401-407

  Kittas, Aristotelis ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Age structured populations; Aging; Computer simulations; Evolution; Modelling

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; AGING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOTYPE;

AGING; ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; EVOLUTIONARY RATE; MATURITY; MORTALITY; MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL;

AGING; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 77954854379     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2010.07.012     Document Type: Article

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