Evolutionary genetics of ageing in the wild: Empirical patterns and future perspectives

Functional Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 431-442

  Wilson, A J ^a   Charmantier, A ^b   Hadfield, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Ageing; Quantitative genetics; Senescence

Indexed keywords

AGING; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; GENETICS; PLEIOTROPY; VERTEBRATE; WILD POPULATION;

INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 43949132358     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2008.01412.x     Document Type: Review

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