disposable soma theory

Scope: evolution

Papers: 1 | Mentions: 1

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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

Related Concepts (2)

actuarial senescence

process1 shared paper

reproductive senescence

process1 shared paper