Evolution of indefinite generation lengths
Intrinsic mortality at relatively advanced age results from natural selection favouring early reproduction. When individuals produce many and early offspring, costs are incurred due to the accumulation of pleiotropic mutations with adverse effects late in life, which make senescence an inevitable re...
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2003-10.
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