Evolutionary shaping of demographic schedules.
Evolutionary processes of natural selection may be expected to leave their mark on age patterns of survival and reproduction. Demographic theory includes three main strands--mutation accumulation, stochastic vitality, and optimal life histories. This paper reviews the three strands and, concentratin...
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| author | Wachter, K Steinsaltz, D Evans, SN |
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| description | Evolutionary processes of natural selection may be expected to leave their mark on age patterns of survival and reproduction. Demographic theory includes three main strands--mutation accumulation, stochastic vitality, and optimal life histories. This paper reviews the three strands and, concentrating on mutation accumulation, extends a mathematical result with broad implications concerning the effect of interactions between small age-specific effects of deleterious mutant alleles. Empirical data from genomic sequencing along with prospects for combining strands of theory hold hope for future progress. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:d0c5df1a-88f3-4347-8cca-b959b5e744bb2022-03-27T07:52:20ZEvolutionary shaping of demographic schedules.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:d0c5df1a-88f3-4347-8cca-b959b5e744bbEnglishSymplectic Elements at OxfordNational Academy of Sciences2014Wachter, KSteinsaltz, DEvans, SNEvolutionary processes of natural selection may be expected to leave their mark on age patterns of survival and reproduction. Demographic theory includes three main strands--mutation accumulation, stochastic vitality, and optimal life histories. This paper reviews the three strands and, concentrating on mutation accumulation, extends a mathematical result with broad implications concerning the effect of interactions between small age-specific effects of deleterious mutant alleles. Empirical data from genomic sequencing along with prospects for combining strands of theory hold hope for future progress. |
| spellingShingle | Wachter, K Steinsaltz, D Evans, SN Evolutionary shaping of demographic schedules. |
| title | Evolutionary shaping of demographic schedules. |
| title_full | Evolutionary shaping of demographic schedules. |
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| title_short | Evolutionary shaping of demographic schedules. |
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