Reproductive cessation and post-reproductive lifespan in Asian elephants and pre-industrial humans

INTRODUCTION: Short post-reproductive lifespan is widespread across species, but prolonged post-reproductive life-stages of potential adaptive significance have been reported only in few mammals with extreme longevity. Long post-reproductive lifespan contradicts classical evolutionary predictions of...

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Autores principales: Lahdenperä, Mirkka, Mar, Khyne U, Lummaa, Virpi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
Materias:
Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4144032/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25183990
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12983-014-0054-0

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4144032/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25183990
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12983-014-0054-0

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