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When Stress Predicts a Shrinking Gene Pool, Trading Early Reproduction for Longevity Can Increase Fitness, Even with Lower Fecundity

BACKGROUND: Stresses like dietary restriction or various toxins increase lifespan in taxa as diverse as yeast, Caenorhabditis elegans, Drosophila and rats, by triggering physiological responses that also tend to delay reproduction. Food odors can reverse the effects of dietary restriction, showing t...

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Autori principali: Ratcliff, William C., Hawthorne, Peter, Travisano, Michael, Denison, R. Ford
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: Public Library of Science 2009
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2699099/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19557134
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0006055
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