Heterogeneity's ruses: How hidden variation affects population trajectories of age-dependent fecundity in Drosophila melanogaster

<b>Background</b>: Progress in understanding senescence requires information about age-dependent changes in individual organisms. However, for experimental systems such as Drosophila melanogaster we usually do not know whether population trajectories are an accurate guide to patterns of...

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Main Authors: Aziz Khazaeli, James Curtsinger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research 2014-01-01
Series:Demographic Research
Online Access:http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol30/10/