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  • Evolutionary biology
  • Biodemography
  • Population genetics

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  • Classic evolutionary biodemography assumes selection on age-specific survival declines with age.
  • This assumption holds under proportional survival changes in a constant environment.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate selection on age-specific survival in fluctuating environments.
  • To determine if selection still declines with reproductive age under environmental change.

Main Methods:

  • Examined proportional changes in age-specific survival.
  • Introduced environmental fluctuations into the model.
  • Analyzed the impact of mutations on survival proportions.

Main Results:

  • Selection on age-specific survival may or may not decline with reproductive age in fluctuating environments.
  • The outcome depends on how mutations proportionally alter survival rates.
  • Neutral interpretation of the mathematics reveals a general property of age-structured populations.

Conclusions:

  • The classic result's mathematical framework captures a fundamental aspect of age-structured population genetics.
  • This property is robust across both constant and fluctuating environments.
  • Environmental fluctuations introduce complexity to selection patterns on survival across ages.