The evolution of late life

Ageing Research Reviews

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 14-32

  Rauser, Casandra L ^a,b   Mueller, Laurence D ^a   Rose, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Fecundity; Force of natural selection; Late life; Mortality; Plateaus

Indexed keywords

AGING; EVOLUTION; FERTILITY; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; LIFE HISTORY; MORTALITY; NATURAL SELECTION; POPULATION GENETICS; REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 31344477255     PISSN: 15681637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2005.06.003     Document Type: Short Survey

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