evolution of aging and late life
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Evolution of Aging and Late Life. Chapter 18 Experimental Evolution. Does aging have a purpose ? Is it adaptive ?. What is aging ? Think-Pair-Share. Does natural selection act on aging?. Does aging evolve ?. What is aging to an evolutionary biologist ? Think-Pair-Share. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Evolution of Aging and Late LifeChapter 18Experimental Evolution
Does aging have a purpose?Is it adaptive?
What is aging?Think-Pair-Share
Does natural selection act on aging?
Does aging evolve?
What is aging to an evolutionary biologist?Think-Pair-Share
We used to think…
…aging evolved to eliminate older individuals to make way for the young.
Why is this false? Think-Pair-Share
EVOLUTIONARY THEORIES OF AGING?
What are the
Hamilton’s Forces of Natural Selection
The force of natural selection acting on survival falls with adult age.
If natural selection isn’t acting on aging, does aging evolve?
How can we test theories of aging?
1.) Early reproduction will accelerate aging in population.
2.) Late reproduction will slow aging in population.
If Aging has evolutionary basis
Model OrganismDrosophila melanogaster
• Well established laboratory organism
• Used in experimental evolution studies
• Short life-span• Easy to manipulate
Results show aging is evolutionaryDrosophila melanogaster
LATE LIFE
How many life stages do you see represented in this graph?
Think-Pair-Share
What explains extreme old age?
Discovery of Late Life
• An evolutionarily distinct phase of life • Evolves with different rules than those of
early life and aging.