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Mortality plateaus and directionality theory.

Recent large scale studies of senescence in animals and humans have revealed mortality rates that levelled off at advanced ages. These empirical findings are now known to be inconsistent with evolutionary theories of senescence based on the Malthusian parameter as a measure of fitness. This article...

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Main Author: Demetrius, L.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2001
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1088845/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11571050
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2001.1739
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