Programmed life span in the context of evolvability

American Naturalist

Volumn 184, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 289-302

  Mitteldorf, Joshua ^a   Martins, André C R ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Aging; Evolution; Evolvability; Group selection; Individual based model (IBM); Multilevel selection (MLS); Senescence

Indexed keywords

AGING; FITNESS; GROUP SELECTION; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; LIFE HISTORY; MORTALITY; SENESCENCE; TURNOVER;

AGING; ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; LONGEVITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AGING; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; LONGEVITY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 84906337294     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/677387     Document Type: Article

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