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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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TheScientificWorldJOURNAL
2008
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| 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 |