Article
Genetic variation and aging.
Annual review of genetics - 1 Jan 1995
Curtsinger J W, Fukui H H, Khazaeli A A, Kirscher A, Pletcher S D, Promislow D E, Tatar M
Abstract excerpt
Life span is subject to genetic modification in yeasts, nematodes, fruit flies, mice, humans, and other vertebrates and invertebrates. There are a few single-gene mutants known that extend life span in yeast and nematodes; in other experimental systems the character is treated quantitatively, and...
Topics
- Aging
- Animals
- Biological Evolution
- Demography
- Forecasting
- Genes
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Selection, Genetic