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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Royal Society Publishing
2006
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Longevity and ageing: appraising the evolutionary consequences of growing old.
Publicerad 2006
Journal article