Publication Date:
2011-03-12
Description:
Human senescence patterns-late onset of mortality increase, slow mortality acceleration, and exceptional longevity-are often described as unique in the animal world. Using an individual-based data set from longitudinal studies of wild populations of seven primate species, we show that contrary to assumptions of human uniqueness, human senescence falls within the primate continuum of aging; the tendency for males to have shorter life spans and higher age-specific mortality than females throughout much of adulthood is a common feature in many, but not all, primates; and the aging profiles of primate species do not reflect phylogenetic position. These findings suggest that mortality patterns in primates are shaped by local selective forces rather than phylogenetic history.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3396421/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉 〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3396421/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Bronikowski, Anne M -- Altmann, Jeanne -- Brockman, Diane K -- Cords, Marina -- Fedigan, Linda M -- Pusey, Anne -- Stoinski, Tara -- Morris, William F -- Strier, Karen B -- Alberts, Susan C -- R01 AG034513/AG/NIA NIH HHS/ -- R24 HD047879/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2011 Mar 11;331(6022):1325-8. doi: 10.1126/science.1201571.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21393544" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
*Aging
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Animals
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Atelinae/physiology
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Cebus/physiology
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Cercopithecus/physiology
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Female
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Gorilla gorilla/physiology
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Humans
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Logistic Models
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*Longevity
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Male
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Models, Statistical
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*Mortality
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Pan troglodytes/physiology
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Papio cynocephalus/physiology
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Phylogeny
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Primates/*physiology
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Species Specificity
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Strepsirhini/physiology
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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