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A simple offspring-to-mother size ratio predicts post-reproductive lifespan
2016-04-15
Abstract excerpt
Why do many animals live well beyond their reproductive period? This seems counter to the theory that the fraction of life spent reproducing should be maximized in order to maximize the number of offspring produced in each generation. To resolve this paradox, hypotheses have been developed that evoke parental or grandparental care as reasons for post-reproductive life (e.g., the Mother and Grandmother Hypotheses)....
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- Literature Corpus work
- af591bc8-aae7-5900-af26-59a197313353
- DOI
- 10.1101/048835