Ageing selected for its own sake

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 937-953

  Mitteldorf, Joshua ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageing; Group selection; Hormesis; Senescence

Indexed keywords

EID: 8744264002     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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