Evolution of life histories


Annual bluegrass, Poa annua
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Lecture bibliography

Charlesworth, B. 2000. Fisher, Medewar, Hamilton and the evolution of aging. Genetics 156: 927-931.

Day, T. and P. A. Abrams. 2020. Density dependence, senescence, and Williams’ hypothesis. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 35: 300-302.

Escobar, J. S., P. Jarne, A. Charmantier, and P. David. 2008. Outbreeding alleviates senescence in hermaphroditic snails as expected from the mutation-accumulation theory. Current Biology 18: 906-910.

Hekimi, S. and L. Guarente. 2003. Genetics and the specificity of the aging process. Science 299: 1351-1354.

Johnson, T. E., D. B. Friedman, N. Foltz, P. A. Fitzpatrick, and J. E. Shoemaker. 1990. Genetic variants and mutations of Caenorhabditis elegans provide tools for dissecting the aging processes. Pages 101-127 in D. E. Harrison (ed.) Genetic effects on aging II. Telford Press, Caldwell, N.J.

Kirkwood, T. B. and S. N. Austad. 2000. Why do we age? Nature 408: 233-238.

Law, R. 1979. The cost of reproduction in annual meadow grass. American Naturalist 113: 17-29.

Law, R., A. D. Bradshaw, and P. D. Putwain. 1977. Life-history variation in Poa annua. Evolution 31: 233-246.

Martínez, D. E. 1998. Mortality patterns suggest lack of senescence in hydra. Experimental gerontology 33: 217-225.

Martínez, D. E., and J. S. Levinton. 1992. Asexual metazoans undergo senescence. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 89:, 9920-9923.

Partridge, L. and M. Farquhar. 1981. Sexual activity reduces lifespan of male fruitflies. Nature 294: 580-581.

Partridge, L. and P. H. Harvey. 1988. The ecological context of life history evolution. Science 241: 1459-1455.

Partridge, L. and N. H. Barton. 1993. Optimality, mutation and the evolution of aging. Nature 362: 305-311.

Ricklefs, R. E. 1998. Evolutionary theories of aging: confirmation of a fundamental prediction, with implications for the genetic basis and evolution of life span. American Naturalist 152: 24-44.

Roff, D. A. 2002. Life history evolution. Sinauer, Sunderland, MA.

Rose, M. R. 1991. Evolutionary biology of aging. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.

Rose, M. R. and B. Charlesworth. 1981. Genetics of life history in Drosophila melanogaster. 2. Exploratory selection experiments. Genetics 97: 187-196.

Service, P. M., E. W. Hutchinson, and M. R. Rose. 1988. Multiple genetic mechanisms for the evolution of senescence in Drosophila melanogaster. Evolution 42: 708-716.

Smith, J. N. M. 1981. Does high fecundity reduce survival in song sparrows? Evolution 35: 1142-1148.

Shine, R. 1988. Constraints on reproductive investment: a comparison between aquatic and terrestrial snakes. Evolution 42: 17-27.

Stearns, S. C. 1992. The evolution of life histories. Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Williams, G. C. 1957. Pleiotropy, natural selection, and the evolution of senescence. Evolution 11: 398-411.  

 

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