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Change and aging senescence as an adaptation.

PloS one - 1 Jan 2011

Martins André C R

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Understanding why we age is a long-lived open problem in evolutionary biology. Aging is prejudicial to the individual, and evolutionary forces should prevent it, but many species show signs of senescence as individuals age. Here, I will propose a model for aging based on assumptions that are compatible with evolutionary theory: i) competition is between individuals; ii) there is some degree of locality, so quite...

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PMID: 21949706
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024328
PMCID: PMC3174959

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