Aging is a group-selected adaptation [electronic resource] : theory, evidence, and medical implications / by Joshua Mitteldorf
出版項
Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, c2017
版本
1st ed
說明
1 online resource (243 p.) : ill
附註
Includes bibliographical references and index
Although books exist on the evolution of aging, this is the first book written from the perspective of again as an adaptive program. It offers an insight into the implications of research on aging genetics, The author proposes the Demographic Theory of Senescence, whereby aging has been affirmatively selected because it levels the death rate over time helping stabilize population dynamics and prevent extinctions
