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Lookup NU author(s): Fotios Drenos, Emeritus Professor Thomas Kirkwood
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We describe a mathematical model. developed using the Mathematica programming system of the disposable soma theory of ageing. The model makes explicit predictions about the optimal strategies for investment in somatic maintenance versus investments in growth and reproduction and confirms the central prediction of the disposable soma theory that the optimum investment in somatic maintenance is less than what would be required for indefinite longevity. We also describe how the optimal investment in maintenance is affected by varying the parameters that specify the schedules of reproduction and mortality. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
Author(s): Drenos F, Kirkwood TBL
Publication type: Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstract)
Publication status: Published
Conference Name: Mechanisms of Ageing and Development: 2nd International Conference on Functional Genomics of Ageing
Year of Conference: 2005
Pages: 99-103
ISSN: 0047-6374
Publisher: Elsevier Ireland Ltd
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mad.2004.09.026
DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2004.09.026
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ISBN: 18726216
