Inclusive fitness effects can select for cancer suppression into old age

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 370, Issue 1673, 2015, Pages

  Brown, Joel S ^a,b   Athena Aktipis, C ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperative breeding; Grandparenting; Inclusive fitness; Intergenerational transfers; Parental investment; Peto s paradox

Indexed keywords

AGE AT MATURITY; CANCER; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FECUNDITY; INCLUSIVE FITNESS; NATURAL SELECTION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SURVIVORSHIP; YOUNG POPULATION;

AGING; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREEDING; COOPERATION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETIC SELECTION; HUMAN; MALE; NEOPLASMS; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS;

AGING; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BREEDING; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETIC FITNESS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84930917494     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2015.0160     Document Type: Article

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