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Nature 399, 308-309 (27 May 1999) | doi:10.1038/20557
Ageing: A message from the gonads
Donald L. Riddle1
Animal evolution is commonly viewed as producing diverse, environmentally adapted bodies to propagate the germ line. The evolutionary theory of ageing suggests that genetic limits to lifespan may be inadvertent consequences of evolutionary selection for maximizing that propagation.
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