Disposable-soma senescence mediated by sexual selection in an ungulate

Nature

Volumn 432, Issue 7014, 2004, Pages 215-218

  Carranza, Juan ^a   Alarcos, Susana ^a   Sánchez Prieto, Cristina B ^a   Valencia, Juliana ^a   Mateos, Concha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DENTISTRY; HUMAN ENGINEERING; PHYSIOLOGY;

DIMORPHISM; LIFETIME; LONG-LIVED ANIMALS; SEX-SPECIFIC PATTERNS;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

SEXUAL SELECTION; UNGULATE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CARCASS; FEMALE; HYPOTHESIS; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MALE; MATE CHOICE; MOLAR TOOTH; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED DEER; REPRODUCTION; SENESCENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TECHNIQUE; TOOTH DISEASE; UNGULATE;

AGING; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DEER; FEMALE; LONGEVITY; MALE; MANDIBLE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TIME FACTORS; TOOTH;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; CERVUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 9144226016     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03004     Document Type: Article

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