Ageing: Levelling of the grim reaper

被引：70

作者：

Charlesworth, B

Partridge, L

机构：

[1] UNIV CHICAGO, DEPT ECOL & EVOLUT, CHICAGO, IL 60637 USA

[2] UNIV LONDON UNIV COLL, GALTON LAB, DEPT BIOL, LONDON NW1 2HE, ENGLAND

来源：

CURRENT BIOLOGY | 1997年 / 7卷 / 07期

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D O I：

10.1016/S0960-9822(06)00213-2

中图分类号：

Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];

学科分类号：

071010 [生物化学与分子生物学]; 081704 [应用化学];

摘要：

Recent observations of a levelling of the death rate in extreme old age, in both experimental species and humans, are posing difficult problems for evolutionary biologists, in particular about the evolution of the post-reproductive period.

引用

页码：R440 / R442

页数：3

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