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Review article: Lifespan, reproduction and ecology
Body size, energy metabolism and lifespan
John R. Speakman
Journal of Experimental Biology 2005 208: 1717-1730; doi: 10.1242/jeb.01556
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vol. 208 no. 9, 1717-1730

DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.01556
PubMed 
15855403

Published By 
The Company of Biologists Ltd
Print ISSN 
0022-0949
Online ISSN 
1477-9145
History 
  • Accepted February 23, 2005
  • Published online April 26, 2005.
Copyright & Usage 
© The Company of Biologists Limited 2005


Author Information

  1. John R. Speakman
  1. Aberdeen Centre for Energy regulation and Obesity (ACERO), School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 2TZ, Scotland, UK and ACERO, Division of Energy Balance and Obesity, Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen, AB21 9SB, Scotland, UK
  1. e-mail: J.Speakman{at}abdn.ac.uk
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