No senescence despite declining selection pressure: Hamilton's result in broader perspective

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 347, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 176-181

  Wensink, Maarten J ^a,b   Wrycza, Tomasz F ^a   Baudisch, Annette ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b Leyden Academy on Vitality and Ageing   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Evolution of aging; Fitness differential; Force of natural selection; Life history theory; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

INDICATOR;

EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FITNESS; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; NATURAL SELECTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRADE-OFF;

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FERTILITY; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; MOTIVATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SENESCENCE;

EVOLUTION OF AGING; FITNESS DIFFERENTIAL; FORCE OF NATURAL SELECTION; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; TRADE-OFFS;

AGING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84896725382     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2013.11.016     Document Type: Article

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