AGING - LEVELING OF THE GRIM REAPER

Authors
CHARLESWORTH B PARTRIDGE L
Citation
B. Charlesworth et L. Partridge, AGING - LEVELING OF THE GRIM REAPER, Current biology, 7(7), 1997, pp. 440-442
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Biology,Biology
Journal title
Current biology → ACNP
ISSN journal
09609822
Volume
7
Issue
7
Year of publication
1997
Pages
440 - 442
Database
ISI
SICI code
0960-9822(1997)7:7<440:A-LOTG>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
Recent observations of a levelling of the death rate in extreme old ag e, in both experimental species and humans, are posing difficult probl ems for evolutionary biologists, in particular about the evolution of the post-reproductive period.