Why don’t long-finned pilot whales have a widespread postreproductive lifespan? Insights from genetic data

Evolution of menopause

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Asian elephants exhibit post-reproductive lifespans

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Postreproductive lifespans are rare in mammals

(2018) Samuel Ellis et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Evidence for a maximum “shelf-life” of oocytes in mammals suggests that human menopause may be an implication of meiotic arrest

(2018) Susanne Huber et al.   Scientific Reports

Analyses of ovarian activity reveal repeated evolution of post-reproductive lifespans in toothed whales

(2018) Samuel Ellis et al.   Scientific Reports

Kin selection and allocare in sperm whales

(2018) Christine M Konrad et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Evidence for a postreproductive phase in female false killer whales Pseudorca crassidens

(2017) Theoni Photopoulou et al.   Frontiers in Zoology

Grandmothering and cognitive resources are required for the emergence of menopause and extensive post-reproductive lifespan

(2017) Carla Aimé et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Patterns of philopatry and longevity contribute to the evolution of post-reproductive lifespan in mammals

(2016) H. J. Nichols et al.   Biology Letters

Characterizing alloparental care in the pilot whale (Globicephala melas ) population that summers off Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada

(2016) Joana F. Augusto et al.   MARINE MAMMAL SCIENCE

Why do women stop reproducing before menopause? A life-history approach to age at last birth

(2016) Mary C. Towner et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Ecological Knowledge, Leadership, and the Evolution of Menopause in Killer Whales

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Fitting Linear Mixed-Effects Models Usinglme4

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The evolution of prolonged life after reproduction

(2015) Darren P. Croft et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Costly sons do not lead to adaptive sex ratio adjustment in pilot whales, Globicephala melas

(2014) Hazel J. Nichols et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Communal breeding promotes a matrilineal social system where husband and wife live apart

(2013) J.-J. Wu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Senescence in natural populations of animals: Widespread evidence and its implications for bio-gerontology

(2012) Daniel H. Nussey et al.   AGEING RESEARCH REVIEWS

The life-history trade-off between fertility and child survival

(2012) D. W. Lawson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Adaptive Prolonged Postreproductive Life Span in Killer Whales

(2012) E. A. Foster et al.   SCIENCE

A measure for describing and comparing postreproductive life span as a population trait

(2011) Daniel A Levitis et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

The evolution of menopause in cetaceans and humans: the role of demography

(2010) R. A. Johnstone et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Allonursing in captive belugas (Delphinapterus leucas)

(2010) Elaine S. Leung et al.   ZOO BIOLOGY

Social cohesion among kin, gene flow without dispersal and the evolution of population genetic structure in the killer whale (Orcinus orca)

(2009) M. PILOT et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Long-term social structure of long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas) in the Strait of Gibraltar

(2008) R. de Stephanis et al.   ACTA ETHOLOGICA

Mortality rate acceleration and post-reproductive lifespan in matrilineal whale species

(2008) A. D Foote   Biology Letters

Reproductive conflict and the separation of reproductive generations in humans

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Who keeps children alive? A review of the effects of kin on child survival

(2007) R SEAR et al.   EVOLUTION AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR