Evolutionary ideas on the nature of aging

Advances in Gerontology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 112-121

  Moskalev, A A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Aging evolution; Fractal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873655526     PISSN: 20790570     EISSN: 20790589     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S207905701102010X     Document Type: Article

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