Aging: Evolution of Life Span Revisited
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Aging: Evolution of Life Span Revisited
A new study reports that high rates of extrinsic mortality can lead to the evolution of a longer life - a pattern opposite to that expected under the classic predictions of the evolutionary theory of aging.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Current Biology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0960-9822
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.09.029