Female fertility and longevity

Age

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 79-84

  Mitteldorf, Joshua ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Disposable soma; Fertility; Life history; Pleiotropy; Senescence; Tradeoff

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; DEATH; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; SENESCENCE;

ANIMALS; BIRTH RATE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LINEAR MODELS; LONGEVITY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 77949425166     PISSN: 01619152     EISSN: 15744647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11357-009-9116-1     Document Type: Article

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