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Senescence Is More Important in the Natural Lives of Long- Than Short-Lived Mammals
BACKGROUND: Senescence has been widely detected among mammals, but its importance to fitness in wild populations remains controversial. According to evolutionary theories, senescence occurs at an age when selection is relatively weak, which in mammals can be predicted by adult survival rates. Howeve...
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Public Library of Science
2010
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2917356/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20700508 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0012019 |