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disposable soma theory

Scope: evolution
Papers: 1 | Mentions: 1

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Knowledge graph centered on disposable soma theory with 25 nodes and 97 connections. Top connected: Unknown, Marmota flaviventris, mark-recapture (Sciuridae), Parus major, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus.

Definition

Theory predicting that if reproduction leads to increased damage accumulation, fast reproducing individuals effectively bring forward their own death, with limited resources allocated among competing systems of self-maintenance and reproduction

Publications (1)

article

Age, state, environment and season dependence of senescence in body mass

2018Ecology and Evolutionframework

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