Aging is a Group-Selected Adaptation: Theory, Evidence, and Medical Implications
ISBN: 9781315371214
Platform/Publisher: Taylor & Francis / CRC Press
Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Unlimited; Download: Unlimited
Subjects: Bioscience; Medicine Dentistry Nursing & Allied Health; Natural History; Biology; Medicine; Genetics; Gerontology;

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.

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