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Examining the trade-offs between human fertility and longevity over three centuries using crowdsourced genealogy data

The evolution theory of ageing predicts that reproduction comes with long-term costs of survival. However, empirical studies in human species report mixed findings of the relationship between fertility and longevity, which varies by populations, time periods, and individual characteristics. One expl...

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Autores principales: Hsu, Chen-Hao, Posegga, Oliver, Fischbach, Kai, Engelhardt, Henriette
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8341544/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34351988
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0255528