Assessing aging and senescent decline in Caenorhabditis elegans : Cohort survival analysis

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 965, Issue , 2013, Pages 473-484

  Lionaki, Eirini ^a   Tavernarakis, Nektarios ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aging; Caenorhabditis elegans; Lifespan; Longevity; Nematode; Senescent decline; Stochastic death; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EGG LAYING; LARVA; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL; TIME;

AGING; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; LARVA; MALE; OVIPOSITION; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84878886440     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-239-1_31     Document Type: Article

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