Monday, July 15, 2013

Evolution did not select for long lifespan

Some gene deletions lead to longer lifespan, which argues that evolution did not selection for individual long lifespan. Evolution general select for better fitness. This means that different models of viability and fitness may have different evolutionary consequences. For example, linear form between viability and fitness versus exponential form?

There must be a lot of publication on this topic that I need to find out.


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