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Protection from epidemics is a driving force for evolution of lifespan setpoints

2017-11-06

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Most living organisms age, as determined by species-specific limits to lifespan 1–6 . The biological driving force for a genetically-defined limit on the lifespan of a given species (herein called “lifespan setpoint”) remains poorly understood. Here we present mathematical models suggesting that an upper limit of individual lifespans protects their cohort population from infection-associated penalties. A shorter...

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Literature Corpus work: 766e0ce1-1b17-5498-8e03-f755d19d0055
DOI: 10.1101/215202

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