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The evolution of menopause in cetaceans and humans: the role of demography
Human females stop reproducing long before they die. Among other mammals, only pilot and killer whales exhibit a comparable period of post-reproductive life. The grandmother hypothesis suggests that kin selection can favour post-reproductive survival when older females help their relatives to reprod...
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The Royal Society
2010
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2992708/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20591868 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2010.0988 |