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Age-specificity and the evolution of senescence: a discussion

Senescence evolved because selection pressure declines with age. However, to explain senescence it does not suffice to demonstrate that selection pressure declines. It is also necessary to postulate biological mechanisms that lead to a deteriorated state of the organism at high ages, but not before....

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Autor principal: Wensink, Maarten
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Netherlands 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3627019/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23160710
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10522-012-9410-7