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Testing for genetic trade-offs between early- and late-life reproduction in a wild red deer population

The antagonistic pleiotropy (AP) theory of ageing predicts genetically based trade-offs between investment in reproduction in early life and survival and performance in later life. Laboratory-based research has shown that such genetic trade-offs exist, but little is currently known about their preva...

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Autores principales: Nussey, Daniel H, Wilson, Alastair J, Morris, Alison, Pemberton, Josephine, Clutton-Brock, Tim, Kruuk, Loeske E.B
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2366114/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18211877
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2007.0986

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