THE PARADOX. “But this explanation turns out to be wrong. Since the cost of death to individuals likely exceeds the benefit to the group or species, and because long-lived individuals leave more offspring than short-lived individuals (given equivalent reproductive output), selection would not favor such a death mechanism.”
http://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/the-evolution-of-aging-23651151
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022