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Modeling the Evolution of Aging

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Developing the Pace and Shape Framework of Aging

Thomas F. Wrycza, Roberto Salguero-Gomez, James W. Vaupel, Annette Baudisch

This project aims to provide a unifying framework and general measures to systematically describe aging within and across species. We develop tools and common language applicable in both theoretical and empirical analysis.Detailed description

 
 

Research keywords: Biodemography; Statistics and Mathematics; Ageing, Mortality and Longevity; Life Course

Publications

Baudisch, A.; Salguero-Gomez, R.; Jones, O. R.; Wrycza, T. F.; Mbeau-Ache, C.; Franco, M.; Colchero, F.:
The pace and shape of senescence in angiosperms
Journal of Ecology 101:3, 596-606 (2013).
Wrycza, T. F.; Baudisch, A.:
How life expectancy varies with perturbations in age-specific mortality
Demographic Research 27:13, 365-376 (2012).
Baudisch, A.:
The pace and shape of ageing
Methods in Ecology and Evolution 2:4, 375-382 (2011).
Baudisch, A.:
Altern im Lichte der Evolution
In: Die Zukunft des Alterns: die Antwort der Wissenschaft; ein Report der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, 79-100. München: Beck (2007).

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