Evolutionary theories of aging. 2. The need not to close the debate

Gerontology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 339-342

  Le Bourg, E ^a,b   Beugnon, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Evolutionary theories of aging; Life strategies; Longevity

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTS; BODY WEIGHT; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 0032700508     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000022116     Document Type: Article

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