Fitness benefits of prolonged post-reproductive lifespan in women

Nature

Volumn 428, Issue 6979, 2004, Pages 178-181

  Lahdenperä, Mirkka ^a   Lummaa, Virpi ^b,c   Helle, Samull ^a   Tremblay, Marc ^d   Russell, Andrew F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIODIVERSITY;

LIFESPAN; REPRODUCTION;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

REPRODUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CANADA; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINLAND; FITNESS; HUMAN; INFANT; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD REARING; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FINLAND; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTHERS; PARENTING; POSTMENOPAUSE; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION (GENETICS); SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 1642389946     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02367     Document Type: Article

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