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What determines rate of ageing? Which species have short life spans? Which species have long life spans?
- Mating strategy and production of gametes determines rate of ageing.
- species producing large numbers of gametes in a single mating season, or having multiple mating seasons in a single year have short life spans
- species having typically single offspring in which extensive parental care is invested have long life spans
- species producing large numbers of gametes in a single mating season, or having multiple mating seasons in a single year have short life spans
- species having typically single offspring in which extensive parental care is invested have long life spans
