Genomic plasticity, energy allocations, and the extended longevity phenotypes of Drosophila.

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The antagonistic pleiotropy theory of the evolution of aging is shown to be too simple to fully apply to the situation in which Drosophila are selected directly for delayed female fecundity and indirectly for extended longevity. We re-evaluated our own previously reported selection experiments using previously unreported data, as well as new data from the literature. The facts that led to this re-evaluation were:...

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