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Fixation of deleterious alleles, evolution and human aging.

Mechanisms of ageing and development - 30 Apr 2002

Cortopassi Gino A

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Human aging, like everything else in biology, only makes sense in the context of evolution. There is substantial agreement among evolutionary geneticists regarding the evolutionary underpinnings of one of the main questions of human aging i.e. 'Why do we age?', which involves the higher rate of f...

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PMID: 12044933
DOI: 10.1016/s0047-6374(02)00022-2

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