Aging is neither a failure nor an achievement of natural selection

Current Aging Science

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 4-10

  Aledo, Juan Carlos ^a   Blanco, José María ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aging; Entropy; Lifespan; Longevity; Metabolism; Natural selection

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGING; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL DIVISION; ENTROPY; GENE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MORTALITY; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; SENESCENCE; ANIMAL; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENETIC SELECTION;

AGING; ANIMALS; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENTROPY; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84931465527     PISSN: 18746098     EISSN: 18746128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874609808666150421130033     Document Type: Article

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