PLEIOTROPY, NATURAL SELECTION, AND THE EVOLUTION OF SENESCENCE

George C. Williams · Science of Aging Knowledge Environment · 1957

Summary

Natural selection will frequently maximize vigor in youth at the expense of vigor later on and thereby produce a declining vigor (senescence) during adult life, which explains much of what is known of phylogenetic variation in rates of senescence.

Type: article
Published: 1957-12-01
Cited by: 4,284
References: 24
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.1957.tb02911.x
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Keywords

George (robot), Natural selection, Citation, Biology, Selection (genetic algorithm)

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