Variation in actuarial senescence does not reflect life span variation across mammals.
The concept of actuarial senescence (defined here as the increase in mortality hazards with age) is often confounded with life span duration, which obscures the relative role of age-dependent and age-independent processes in shaping the variation in life span. We use the opportunity afforded by the...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2019-09-01
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| Series: | PLoS Biology |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000432 |