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1979 • 2,496 citations

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1966 • 2,252 citations

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1953 • 1,832 citations

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1992 • 612 citations

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1992 • 438 citations

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1992 • 425 citations

Evolutionary theory predicts late-life mortality plateaus

1996 • 190 citations

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1994 • 176 citations

On measuring the rate of ageing

1996 • 153 citations

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1995 • 134 citations

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1994 • 113 citations

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1995 • 67 citations

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1992 • 50 citations

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1995 • 45 citations