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Sex-specific patterns of senescence in artificial insect populations varying in sex-ratio to manipulate reproductive effort
BACKGROUND: The disposable soma theory of ageing assumes that organisms optimally trade-off limited resources between reproduction and longevity to maximize fitness. Early reproduction should especially trade-off against late reproduction and longevity because of reduced investment into somatic prot...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6998128/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32013878 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-020-1586-x |