Why humans die -- an unsolved biological problem
其他定量生物学
2007-05-23 v1 生物物理
种群与进化
定量方法
摘要
Mortality is an instrument of natural selection. Evolutionary motivated theories imply its irreversibility and life history dependence. This is inconsistent with mortality data for protected populations. Accurate analysis yields mortality law, which is specific for their evolutionary unprecedented conditions, yet universal for species as evolutionary remote as humans and flies. The law is exact, instantaneous, reversible, stepwise, and allows for a rapid (within less than two years for humans) and significant mortality decrease at any (but very old) age.
引用
@article{arxiv.q-bio/0310035,
title = {Why humans die -- an unsolved biological problem},
author = {Mark Ya. Azbel'},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:q-bio/0310035},
year = {2007}
}
备注
4 pages, 3 figures