Commentary: A gerontological perspective on Klaus Gärtner's discovery that phenotypic variability of mammals is driven by stochastic events

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 354-356

  Martin, George M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ATROPHY; CARCINOGENESIS; CLONE; DIPLOIDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GERONTOLOGY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; LIFESPAN; MAMMAL; NOTE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIC MUTATION; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; BODY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; MALE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84859644174     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyr224     Document Type: Note

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