Do we have genes that exist to hasten aging? New data, new arguments, but the answer is still no

Current Aging Science

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 24-33

  De Grey, Aubrey D N J ^a  

^a SENS Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Antagonistic pleiotropy; Mutation selection balance; Negligible senescence; Programmed aging

Indexed keywords

DNA;

AGING; ANTAGONISTIC PLEIOTROPY; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; EVOLUTION; GENE; GERMLINE MUTATION; HEALTH STATUS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MAMMAL; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PLEIOTROPY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE; SEXUAL MATURITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURVIVAL RATE; THEORETICAL MODEL; THEORY; ANIMAL;

AGING; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; HUMANS; LONGEVITY;

EID: 84931469820     PISSN: 18746098     EISSN: 18746128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874609808666150421131304     Document Type: Article

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