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Consequences of artificial selection on pre-adult development for adult lifespan under benign conditions in the butterfly Bicyclus anynana.
Mechanisms of ageing and development - 1 Oct 2006
Pijpe Jeroen, Fischer Klaus, Brakefield Paul M, Zwaan Bas J
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The genetic architecture underlying the regulation of lifespan is shaped by evolutionary history, thus, including selection in past environments. In particular, the developmental environment is important, because selection pressure for survival is highest during development. From this life-history point of view, the ageing phenotype is the outcome of these factors, and links between the developmental and adult...
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