Evolutionary genetics of ageing.

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Modern humans now routinely survive to advanced ages, in far greater proportions than ancestral populations, and thus experience the consequences of molecular pathways optimized for youth yet still active in old age. Natural selection weakens over the course of adulthood, creating a selection 'shadow' in which deleterious late-acting mutations accumulate and alleles with early-life benefits persist despite...

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