Interaction mortality: Senescence may have evolved because it increases lifespan

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

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

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b Leyden Academy on Vitality and Ageing   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; LIFE EXTENSION; LIFE HISTORY; LIFESPAN; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PREDICTION; SENESCENCE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; DEATH; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DEATH; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 84907743364     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0109638     Document Type: Article

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