What is aging?

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 3, Issue JUL, 2012, Pages

  Rose, Michael R ^a   Flatt, Thomas ^b   Graves, Joseph L ^c   Greer, Lee F ^d   Martinez, Daniel E ^e   Matos, Margarida ^f   Mueller, Laurence D ^a   Shmookler Reis, Robert J ^g   Shahrestani, Parvin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Institute of Population Genetics   (Austria)

^c NORTH CAROLINA A AND T STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LA SIERRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e POMONA COLLEGE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^g CENTRAL ARKANSAS VETERANS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

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EID: 84876045826     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2012.00134     Document Type: Note

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