The maintenance gap: A new theoretical perspective on the evolution of aging

Biogerontology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 197-201

  Wensink, Maarten J ^a,b   Van Heemst, Diana ^b,c   Rozing, Maarten P ^b,c   Westendorp, Rudi G J ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b Leyden Academy on Vitality and Ageing   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aging; Disposable soma theory; Evolution; Maintenance; Natural selection; Survival

Indexed keywords

REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

AGING; BODY SIZE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; METABOLIC RATE; MORTALITY; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AGING; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION, GENETIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84861455808     PISSN: 13895729     EISSN: 15736768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10522-011-9362-3     Document Type: Review

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