Stearns, S. C., Ackermann, M., Doebli, M. & Kaiser, M. Experimental evolution of aging, growth, and reproduction in fruit flies.
In contrast, high condition-dependent mortality led to the evolution of longer life span, supporting a key role of condition dependence in the evolution of aging.
Examples of topics include, but are not limited to, evolution of infectious or zoonotic disease, evolutionary issues in global health, evolution of aging, mental health and neurodegenerative disease, autoimmune disease and allergy, evolutionary perspectives on cancer, and evolution of resistance.
In this iteration, the emphasis was on reproductive biology, reflecting the expertise of the faculty, with lectures covering the evolution of the human life history, menstruation, menopause, the hormonal basis of trade-offs, and the evolution of aging.
Their chapter on evolution in age-structured populations (or demographic genetics—a topic generally avoided in population genetics texts) and their discussion on the evolution of aging is another unique feature of this book.
The messages of the evolution of aging are sobering (Ackermann et al. 2003; Williams 1957), not exciting, but seen as important, and the controversies over the evolution of menstruation (Profet 1993; Strassmann 1996) and menopause (Profet 1993; Shanley et al. 2007) resonate particularly strongly with the female students.
Kirkwood, T. B. Evolution of ageing.
The prediction that males directly influence the longevity of their mates has been verified [13], confirming a role for inter-locus sexual conflict in the evolution of ageing.
Using binder test data obtained at various times from a heavily trafficked 36-year-old HMA road pavement, the study examined the evolution of binder aging as well as variations in aging severity with pavement depth and cross-sectional location.
Kirkwood, T. B. & Holliday, R. The evolution of ageing and longevity.
"With three daughters of 22, 19 and 15, I begin to get a notion of the evolution of age and the cycle of life," she said.
