Development and Aging

Biological Theory

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 59-64

  Morange, Michel ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Aging; Antagonistic pleiotropy; Disposable soma theory; Epigenetic; Plasticity; Stochasticity; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

EID: 85089821661     PISSN: 15555542     EISSN: 15555550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13752-011-0010-6     Document Type: Article

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