Empirical Evidence for Various Evolutionary Hypotheses on Species Demonstrating Increasing Mortality with Increasing Chronological Age in the Wild

Empirical evidence for various evolutionary hypotheses on species demonstrating increasing mortality with increasing chronological age in the wild.

Many species show a significant increase in mortality with increasing chronological age in the wild. For this phenomenon, three possible general hypotheses are proposed, namely that: (1) it has no adaptive meaning; (2) it has an adaptive meaning; (3) the ancestry is the pivotal determinant. These hypotheses are evaluated according to their consistency with the empirical evidence. In particular,...

Face Growth Modeling with Increasing Age in Child and Adolescents

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to present a cranifacial growth model using anthropometry based on changes observed in the human face. Materials and Methods: This cross sectional analytical study was conducted randomly on 45 pepole, with normal face patterns.Facial and cranial ratios were measured and compared. Data was analyzed by SPSS software. The regression line and the growth coeffic...

Acutely admitted medical patients have increasing one-year mortality with increasing age

Methods We followed a cohort of all consecutive acutely admitted adult (15+ years) medical patients for one year after admission. The patients were admitted from October 2008 through February 2009 and February through May 2010 to the medical admission unit at Sydvestjysk Sygehus, Esbjerg. Only patients who were not Danish residents were excluded. We extracted survival status from the Danish Civ...

Increasing Length Genotypes in Evolutionary

We investigate the use of Artiicial Evolution with increasing length genotypes in Evolutionary Electronics. We demonstrate the need of using variable size genotypes in Evolutionary Electronics. After giving a brief description of our evolutionary methodology , we present a case study, consisting of the evolution of a combinational function. Finally, we make general observations about the method...

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