How evolutionary biology can explain why human and a few marine mammal females are the only ones that are menopausal

DOI10.1016/J.JTBI.2022.111123MaRDI QIDQ2137484zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Dave Dalton

Publication date 16 May 2022

Published in Journal of Theoretical Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2022.111123

zbMATH Keywords

menopauseevolutionary basis of menopausemenopause and mid-life divorcesmenopause criteriamenopause theorywhy menopause occurs

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Problems related to evolution (92D15)

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