Why ageing stops: Heterogeneity explains late-life mortality deceleration in nematodes

Biology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Chen, Hwei Yen ^a   Zajitschek, Felix ^a   Maklakov, Alexei A ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ageing; Heterogeneity; Mortality plateau; Nematodes; Robustness; Stress

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; HETEROGENEITY; MORTALITY; NEMATODE; PROBABILITY;

CAENORHABDITIS REMANEI; NEMATODA;

EID: 84923080562     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2013.0217     Document Type: Article

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