Measuring Caenorhabditis elegans life span on solid media

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 27, 2009, Pages

  Sutphin, George L ^a   Kaeberlein, Matt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Caenorhabditis elegans; Developmental biology; Dietary restriction; Issue 27; Life span assay; Longevity; Nematode; RNA interference; Worms

Indexed keywords

EID: 80055110125     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/1152     Document Type: Article

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