Effect of extrinsic mortality on the evolution of senescence in guppies

Nature

Volumn 431, Issue 7012, 2004, Pages 1095-1099

  Reznick, David N ^a   Bryant, Michael J ^a,b   Roff, Derek ^a   Ghalambor, Cameron K ^c   Ghalambor, Dionna E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS   (United States)

^c Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROORGANISMS; NEUROLOGY; NEUROMUSCULAR REHABILITATION; POPULATION STATISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

GUPPIES; MATURITY; MORTALITY RATES; PREDATION; REPRODUCTION;

BIODIVERSITY;

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; MORTALITY; SENESCENCE;

AGING; ARTICLE; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; EVOLUTION; MORTALITY; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWIMMING; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY CONSTITUTION; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; LITTER SIZE; LONGEVITY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES;

AGING; ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; LITTER SIZE; LONGEVITY; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL RATE; SWIMMING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 7744224162     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02936     Document Type: Article

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