The evolution of postreproductive life span as an insurance against indeterminacy

Evolution

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3013-3020

  Tully, Thomas ^a,b   Lambert, Amaury ^c  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Canalization; Developmental variability; Insurance; Longevity; Menopause

Indexed keywords

CANALIZATION (BIOLOGY); EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FITNESS; HUMAN EVOLUTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LONGEVITY; PARENTAL CARE;

ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; LONGEVITY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FEMALE; LONGEVITY; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION, GENETIC;

CANDIDA; COLLEMBOLA; FOLSOMIA CANDIDA;

EID: 80053445997     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01347.x     Document Type: Article

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