Menopause: Why does fertility end before life?

Climacteric

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 327-331

  Lahdenpera M ^a   Lummaa, V ^b   Russell, A F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cooperative breeding; Grandmother hypothesis; Longevity; Menopause; Post reproductive lifespan

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; FEMALE FERTILITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LIFESPAN; MATERNAL AGE; MENOPAUSE; MORTALITY; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SURVIVAL;

AGING; EVOLUTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; LONGEVITY; MENOPAUSE;

EID: 10944236948     PISSN: 13697137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13697130400012205     Document Type: Review

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