Can aging be programmed? A critical literature review

Aging Cell

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 986-998

  Kowald, Axel ^a   Kirkwood, Thomas B L ^a,b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

computer simulation; declining selection pressure; evolution of aging; kin selection; programmed aging

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; CELL AGING; CELL SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 84994411634     PISSN: 14749718     EISSN: 14749726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acel.12510     Document Type: Review

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