Add to ORKGHumans, and many other species, suffer senescence: mortality increases and fertility declines with adult age. Some species, however, enjoy sustenance: mortality and fertility remain constant. Here we develop simple but general evolutionary-demographic models to explain the conditions that favor senescence vs. sustenance. The models illustrate how mathematical demography can deepen understanding of the evolution of aging
Age patterns of female reproduction vary widely among iteroparous animal species with determinate gr...
The concept of the force of natural selection was developed to explain the evolution of ageing. Afte...
A large set of data suggests that progressive reduction of fitness and senile decay in vertebrates a...
Understanding why we age is a long-lived open problem in evolutionary biology. Aging is prejudicial ...
Patterns of ageing across the tree of life are much more diverse than previously thought. Yet, we st...
Senescence, the increasing risk of mortality and/or decreasing rate of reproductive success, is, at ...
Senescence or ageing is an increase in mortality and/or decline in fertility with increasing age. Ev...
1. Research on senescence has largely focused on its underlying causes, and is concentrated on human...
The evolutionary theories of aging are useful for gaining insights into the complex mechanisms under...
Senescence or ageing is an increase in mortality and/or decline in fertility with increasing age. Ev...
Why do we age? Since ageing is a near-universal feature of complex organisms, a convincing theory mu...
Evolutionary explanations of senescence are based on the established fact that the selection gradien...
International audienceA broad range of mortality patterns has been documented across species, some e...
The evolution of senescence is often explained by arguing that, in nature, few individuals survive t...
Evolutionary theory predicts that senescence, a decline in survival rates with age, is the consequen...
Age patterns of female reproduction vary widely among iteroparous animal species with determinate gr...
The concept of the force of natural selection was developed to explain the evolution of ageing. Afte...
A large set of data suggests that progressive reduction of fitness and senile decay in vertebrates a...
Understanding why we age is a long-lived open problem in evolutionary biology. Aging is prejudicial ...
Patterns of ageing across the tree of life are much more diverse than previously thought. Yet, we st...
Senescence, the increasing risk of mortality and/or decreasing rate of reproductive success, is, at ...
Senescence or ageing is an increase in mortality and/or decline in fertility with increasing age. Ev...
1. Research on senescence has largely focused on its underlying causes, and is concentrated on human...
The evolutionary theories of aging are useful for gaining insights into the complex mechanisms under...
Senescence or ageing is an increase in mortality and/or decline in fertility with increasing age. Ev...
Why do we age? Since ageing is a near-universal feature of complex organisms, a convincing theory mu...
Evolutionary explanations of senescence are based on the established fact that the selection gradien...
International audienceA broad range of mortality patterns has been documented across species, some e...
The evolution of senescence is often explained by arguing that, in nature, few individuals survive t...
Evolutionary theory predicts that senescence, a decline in survival rates with age, is the consequen...
Age patterns of female reproduction vary widely among iteroparous animal species with determinate gr...
The concept of the force of natural selection was developed to explain the evolution of ageing. Afte...
A large set of data suggests that progressive reduction of fitness and senile decay in vertebrates a...