The Evolution of Senescence and Post-Reproductive Lifespan in Guppies (Poecilia reticulata).
The study of post-reproductive lifespan has been of interest primarily with regard to the extended post-menopausal lifespan seen in humans. This unusual feature of human demography has been hypothesized to have evolved because of the "grandmother" effect, or the contributions that post-rep...
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| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2005-12-01
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| Series: | PLoS Biology |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0040007 |