Essays about: "Fanny Hägg"

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  1. 1. Evolutionary Theories of Menopause

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för fysik, kemi och biologi

    Author : Fanny Hägg; [2020]
    Keywords : Menopause; Post-reproduction; The grandmother hypothesis; The reproductive conflict hypothesis; Inclusive fitness; Kin selection; Odontoceti; Orcinus orca;

    Abstract : Menopause, the cessation of female reproduction well before death, is a puzzling phenomenon, because evolutionary theory suggests there should be no selection for survival when reproduction has ended. Nevertheless, menopause does exist in a limited number of species, and besides humans it has predominately evolved among toothed whales (Odontoceti). READ MORE