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Evolutionary significance of ageing in the wild.

Experimental gerontology - 1 Nov 2015

Kowald Axel, Kirkwood Thomas B L

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Human lifespan has risen dramatically over the last 150 years, leading to a significant increase in the fraction of aged people in the population. Until recently it was believed that this contrasted strongly with the situation in wild populations of animals, where the likelihood of encountering demonstrably senescent individuals was believed to be negligible. Over the recent years, however, a series of field...

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PMID: 26292149
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2015.08.006

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