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The maintenance gap: a new theoretical perspective on the evolution of aging
One of the prevailing theories of aging, the disposable soma theory, views aging as the result of the accumulation of damage through imperfect maintenance. Aging, then, is explained from an evolutionary perspective by asserting that this lack of maintenance exists because the required resources are...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Springer Netherlands
2011
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3322326/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22042254 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10522-011-9362-3 |