Oxidative damage, ageing, and life-history evolution: Where now?

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 570-577

  Selman, Colin ^a   Blount, Jonathan D ^b   Nussey, Daniel H ^c   Speakman, John R ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

AGING; BIRD; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FITNESS; FUTURE PROSPECT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LIPID; MAMMAL; NUCLEIC ACID; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; PROTEIN; REPRODUCTIVE COST; TRADE-OFF;

ADAPTATION; AGING; ANIMAL; BIRD; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; MAMMAL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGING; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIRDS; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MAMMALS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84865861394     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2012.06.006     Document Type: Review

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