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The Evolution of Senescence and Post-Reproductive Lifespan in Guppies (Poecilia reticulata)
The study of post-reproductive lifespan has been of interest primarily with regard to the extended post-menopausal lifespan seen in humans. This unusual feature of human demography has been hypothesized to have evolved because of the “grandmother” effect, or the contributions that post-reproductive...
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Public Library of Science
2006
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1318473/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16363919 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0040007 |