What good is it to get old?

被引:6
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作者
Nusbaum, NJ
机构
[1] Department of Medicine SL12, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans VA Medical Center (11G), New Orleans
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D O I
10.1016/S0306-9877(96)90441-7
中图分类号
R-3 [医学研究方法]; R3 [基础医学];
学科分类号
1001 ;
摘要
The physiologic basis for aging is still incompletely understood, and most investigators have looked at aging as a process of decay without any clear adaptive advantage to the species. It is proposed that aging has potential evolutionary advantages, and that the aging process may have been the subject of positive selection.
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