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Aging in the plant and animal kingdoms – the role of cell death

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

Howard Thomas
Howard Thomas*
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AFRC Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, Plas Gogerddan, Aberystwyth, Dyfed, UK
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Howard Thomas, Cell Biology Department, AFRC Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, Plas Gogerddan, Aberystwyth, Dyfed SY23 3EB, UK.
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Biological gerontology
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Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 4 , Issue 1 , February 1994 , pp. 5 - 20
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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