Evolutionary demography and quantitative genetics: Age-specific survival as a threshold trait

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1702, 2011, Pages 144-151

  Moorad, Jacob A ^a,b   Promislow, Daniel E L ^a  

^a University of Georgia   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

G matrix; Liability; Senescence

Indexed keywords

AGING; DEMOGRAPHY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; MORTALITY; MUTATION; SENESCENCE; SURVIVAL;

EID: 78650362319     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.0992     Document Type: Conference Paper

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