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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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Autores principales: Wensink, Maarten J., van Heemst, Diana, Rozing, Maarten P., Westendorp, Rudi G. J.
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/PMC3322326/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22042254
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10522-011-9362-3