Empirical Evidence for Various Evolutionary Hypotheses on Species Demonstrating Increasing Mortality with Increasing Chronological Age in the Wild

Many species show a significant increase in mortality with increasing chronological age in the wild. For this phenomenon, three possible general hypotheses are proposed, namely that: (1) it has no adaptive meaning; (2) it has an adaptive meaning; (3) the ancestry is the pivotal determinant. These hy...

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Autor principal: Libertini, Giacinto
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: TheScientificWorldJOURNAL 2008
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5848655/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18301820
http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2008.36

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5848655/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18301820
http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2008.36

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