Life table tests of evolutionary theories of senescence
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Life table tests of evolutionary theories of senescence.
The phenomenon of senescence requires both evolutionary and proximate explanations. The most widely accepted evolutionary explanation for senescence is that it never gets exposed to natural selection because environmental hazards kill all individuals before the age at which senescence causes decreased fitness. If this explanation is sufficient, wild populations should not demonstrate senescence...
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عنوان ژورنال: Experimental Gerontology
سال: 1988
ISSN: 0531-5565
DOI: 10.1016/0531-5565(88)90056-3