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The relationship between fertility and lifespan in humans

Evolutionary theories of aging predict a trade-off between fertility and lifespan, where increased lifespan comes at the cost of reduced fertility. Support for this prediction has been obtained from various sources. However, which genes underlie this relationship is unknown. To assess it, we first a...

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Autores principales: Kuningas, Maris, Altmäe, Signe, Uitterlinden, André G., Hofman, Albert, van Duijn, Cornelia M., Tiemeier, Henning
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Netherlands 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3220400/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21222045
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11357-010-9202-4