Longevity and ageing: appraising the evolutionary consequences of growing old.
Senescence or ageing is an increase in mortality and/or decline in fertility with increasing age. Evolutionary theories predict that ageing or longevity evolves in response to patterns of extrinsic mortality or intrinsic damage. If ageing is viewed as the outcome of the processes of behaviour, growt...
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| التنسيق: | Journal article |
| اللغة: | English |
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2006
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Longevity and ageing: appraising the evolutionary consequences of growing old
منشور في 2006
Journal article