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The importance of elders: Extending Hamilton’s force of selection to include intergenerational transfers

In classical evolutionary models, the force of natural selection diminishes with age toward zero by last reproduction. However, intergenerational resource transfers and other late-life contributions in social species may select for postreproductive longevity. We present a formal framework for estima...

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Autores principales: Davison, Raziel, Gurven, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Academy of Sciences 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9282300/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35867741
http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2200073119