Genetic dissection of late-life fertility in caenorhabditis elegans

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 66 A, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 842-854

  Mendenhall, Alexander R ^a   Wu, Deqing ^a,b   Park, Sang Kyu ^a,c   Cypser, James R ^a   Tedesco, Patricia M ^a   Link, Christopher D ^a   Phillips, Patrick C ^d   Johnson, Thomas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Dietary restriction; Evolution; Genetics; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MAMMALIA;

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DIET; FERTILITY; GENETICS; GERM CELL; GONAD; LONGEVITY; MALE; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCTION;

AGING; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DIET; FERTILITY; GERM CELLS; GONADS; LONGEVITY; MALE; MUTATION; REPRODUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 80051530332     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glr089     Document Type: Article

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