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Sex differences in adult lifespan and aging rates of mortality across wild mammals
Tekijät: Jean-François Lemaître, Victor Ronget, Morgane Tidière, Dominique Allainé, Vérane Berger, Aurélie Cohas, Fernando Colchero, Dalia A. Conde, Michael Garratt, András Liker, Gabriel A. B. Marais, Alexander Scheuerlein, Tamás Székely, Jean-Michel Gaillard
Kustantaja: NATL ACAD SCIENCES
Julkaisuvuosi: 2020
Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Tietokannassa oleva lehden nimi: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Lehden akronyymi: P NATL ACAD SCI USA
Vuosikerta: 117
Numero: 15
Aloitussivu: 8546
Lopetussivu: 8553
Sivujen määrä: 8
ISSN: 0027-8424
eISSN: 1091-6490
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1911999117
Verkko-osoite: https://www.pnas.org/content/117/15/8546
Rinnakkaistallenteen osoite: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7165438/
In human populations, women consistently outlive men, which suggests profound biological foundations for sex differences in survival. Quantifying whether such sex differences are also pervasive in wild mammals is a crucial challenge in both evolutionary biology and biogerontology. Here, we compile demographic data from 134 mammal populations, encompassing 101 species, to show that the female's median lifespan is on average 18.6% longer than that of conspecific males, whereas in humans the female advantage is on average 7.8%. On the contrary, we do not find any consistent sex differences in aging rates. In addition, sex differences in median adult lifespan and aging rates are both highly variable across species. Our analyses suggest that the magnitude of sex differences in mammalian mortality patterns is likely shaped by local environmental conditions in interaction with the sex-specific costs of sexual selection.
