Senescence in natural populations of animals: Widespread evidence and its implications for bio-gerontology

Ageing Research Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 214-225

  Nussey, Daniel H ^a   Froy, Hannah ^a   Lemaitre, Jean François ^b   Gaillard, Jean Michel ^b   Austad, Steve N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Antagonistic pleiotropy; Disposable soma; Ecology; Evolution; Free living populations; Wild animals

Indexed keywords

BIRD; EARLY LIFE STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FERTILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GROWTH; INSECT; LIFE HISTORY; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLEIOTROPY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SENESCENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERTEBRATE; WILD ANIMAL;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; MALE; NATURAL HISTORY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84867391720     PISSN: 15681637     EISSN: 18729649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2012.07.004     Document Type: Review

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