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@inproceedings{1394992,
author = {Lenárt, Peter and Bienertová Vašků, Julie},
address = {New York},
booktitle = {10th European Congress of Biogerontology combined with the 6th Biogerontological Meeting - The Future of Ageing},
doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10522-016-9674-4},
editor = {Suresh I.S. Rattan},
keywords = {Aging; Evolution; Programmed aging; Red Queen; Pace of aging; Aging as an adaptation},
howpublished = {tištěná verze "print"},
language = {eng},
location = {New York},
pages = {693-709},
publisher = {Springer},
title = {Keeping up with the Red Queen: the pace of aging as an adaptation},
year = {2017}
}
TY - JOUR
ID - 1394992
AU - Lenárt, Peter - Bienertová Vašků, Julie
PY - 2017
TI - Keeping up with the Red Queen: the pace of aging as an adaptation
PB - Springer
CY - New York
KW - Aging
KW - Evolution
KW - Programmed aging
KW - Red Queen
KW - Pace of aging
KW - Aging as an adaptation
N2 - For decades, a vast majority of biogerontologists assumed that aging is not and cannot be an adaptation. In recent years, however, several authors opposed this predominant view and repeatedly suggested that not only is aging an adaptation but that it is the result of a specific aging program. This issue almost instantaneously became somewhat controversial and many important authors produced substantial works refuting the notion of the aging program. In this article we review the current state of the debate and list the most important arguments proposed by both sides. Furthermore, although classical interpretations of the evolution of aging are in sharp contrast with the idea of programmed aging, we suggest that the truth might in fact very well lie somewhere in between. We also propose our own interpretation which states that although aging is in essence inevitable and results from damage accumulation rather than from a specific program, the actual rate of aging in nature may still be adaptive to some extent.
ER -
LENÁRT, Peter and Julie BIENERTOVÁ VAŠKŮ. Keeping up with the Red Queen: the pace of aging as an adaptation. In Suresh I.S. Rattan. \textit{10th European Congress of Biogerontology combined with the 6th Biogerontological Meeting - The Future of Ageing}. New York: Springer, 2017, p.~693-709. ISSN~1389-5729. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10522-016-9674-4.
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