How could the Gompertz-Makeham law evolve

DOI10.1016/j.jtbi.2009.01.009zbMath1402.92218OpenAlexW2014500469WikidataQ46181467 ScholiaQ46181467MaRDI QIDQ1621075

Aleksei G. Golubev

Publication date: 8 November 2018

Published in: Journal of Theoretical Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2009.01.009

zbMATH Keywords

evolutionmetabolismmortalitylifespanepistemologyageingsurvivorshipantagonistic pleiotropy

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Problems related to evolution (92D15) Kinetics in biochemical problems (pharmacokinetics, enzyme kinetics, etc.) (92C45)

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