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Cryptic Genetic Variation Can Make Irreducible Complexity a Common Mode of Adaptation
Meredith V. Trotter, Daniel B. Weissman, Grant I. Peterson +2
The existence of complex (multiple-step) genetic adaptations that are "irreducible" (i.e., all partial combinations are less fit than the original genotype) is one of the longest s…
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Divergence in age-patterns of mortality change drives international divergence in lifespan inequality
Duncan O. S. Gillespie, Meredith V. Trotter, Shripad D. Tuljapurkar
In the past six decades, lifespan inequality has varied greatly within and among countries even while life expectancy has continued to increase. How and why does mortality change g…