The connections between general and reproductive senescence and the evolutionary basis of menopause

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1204, Issue , 2010, Pages 21-29

  Kirkwood, Thomas B L ^a   Shanley, Daryl P ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aging; evolution; life history; menopause; reproduction; senescence

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956238806     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2010.05520.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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