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. 2008 Feb 12;18(3):R130-1.
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.12.013.

Vertebrate ageing: an evolutionary process with a genetic basis?

Jean-Michel Gaillard  1 , Christophe Bonenfant
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Vertebrate ageing: an evolutionary process with a genetic basis?

Jean-Michel Gaillard et al. Curr Biol. .
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Theories that explain the persistence of ageing in the face of natural selection implicitly assume that there is a genetic basis for ageing. This has now for the first time been shown to be the case in two free-living populations of mammals.

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