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Epidemics as an adaptive driving force determining lifespan setpoints

Species-specific limits to lifespan (lifespan setpoint) determine the life expectancy of any given organism. Whether limiting lifespan provides an evolutionary benefit or is the result of an inevitable decline in fitness remains controversial. The identification of mutations extending lifespan sugge...

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Autores principales: Lidsky, Peter V., Andino, Raul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Academy of Sciences 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7395509/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32651271
http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1920988117