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TEORIA SOMA DESECHABLE [1 record]

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Record 1 2008-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genetics
CONT

In an analogy to industry's practice of investing little in the durability of goods that will be used for only a limited time, Kirkwood calls his model the disposable soma theory.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génétique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Genética
CONT

En el año 1977, Thomas Kirkwood formuló la teoría del soma desechable: el organismo debe elegir en qué invertir sus limitados recursos. [...] Dos de estas opciones alternativas son longevidad y reproducción [...] En 1998, Kirkwood publicó en Nature un análisis de datos de longevidad y reproducción en la aristocracia inglesa, encontrando una consistente correlación inversa: las mujeres con más hijos y las que alumbraron a edades más tempranas vivieron menos.

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