Aging is a group-selected adaptation : theory, evidence, and medical implications / Josh Mitteldorf, PhD ; foreword by Michael Rosenzweig

By: Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Publisher: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Description: 1 Online-Ressource (xxiv, 219 pages)Subject(s): Additional physical formats: 1315354039 | 9781315354033 | 1498715281 | 9781498715287 | 1498715303. | 9781498715300. | Erscheint auch als: No title Druck-Ausgabe | Print version: Aging is a group-selected adaptation. Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group, [2017]DDC classification:
  • 571.8/78
LOC classification:
  • QP86
NLM classification:
  • 2017 A-757
  • WT 104
Online resources: Summary: Since the 1990s, laboratory characterization of aging has been diverging from predictions of evolutionary theory, especially in the area of genetics. Concurrently, a science of multilevel selection has found its place in the evolutionary literature. The author suggests that evidence warrants consideration of a new paradigm for evolution of aging, and proposes the demographic theory of senescence, whereby aging has been affirmatively selected because it levels the death rate over time, helping to stabilize population dynamics and prevent extinctionsPPN: PPN: 88183663XPackage identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-4-NLEBK
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