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Evolutionary anthropology

the model that male preference for younger mates let infertility-causing mutations accumulate in older women, producing menopause.

In evolutionary anthropology, mate choice theory of menopause refers to the model that male preference for younger mates let infertility-causing mutations accumulate in older women, producing menopause. This meaning comes from Morton (2013) in PLoS Computational Biology.[1]

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Morton, R. A., Stone, J. R., & Singh, R. S. (2013). Mate Choice and the Origin of Menopause. PLoS Computational Biology, 9(6), e1003092. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003092

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