Longevity and the drift barrier: Bridging the gap between Medawar and Hamilton
Abstract Most organisms have finite life spans. The maximum life span of mammals, for example, is at most some years, decades, or centuries. Why not thousands of years or more? Can we explain and predict maximum life spans theoretically, based on other traits of organisms and associated ecological c...
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2020-08-01
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| Series: | Evolution Letters |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1002/evl3.173 |