Sex differences in cognitive ageing: Testing predictions derived from life-history theory in a dioecious nematode

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1469-1472

  Zwoinska, Martyna K ^a   Kolm, Niclas ^b   Maklakov, Alexei A ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ageing; Caenorhabditis; Learning; Life history; Sex differences; Trade off

Indexed keywords

2 BUTANONE;

AGING; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS REMANEI; CHEMOTAXIS; COGNITION; FEMALE; LEARNING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LIFESPAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; LONGEVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SENESCENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

AGEING; CAENORHABDITIS; LEARNING; LIFE-HISTORY; SEX DIFFERENCES; TRADE-OFF;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CAENORHABDITIS; COGNITION; FEMALE; LEARNING; LONGEVITY; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SMELL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84886378375     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: 18736815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2013.09.008     Document Type: Article

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