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A, Ln-transformed relationship between postnatal growth rate (K) and adult life span in mammals. Gray circles: individual species (n =204). Although it does not consider the effects of phylogeny, the correlation is statistically significant. B, Relationship between the logarithm of independent contrasts of growth rate and adult life span in mammals. The correlation is statistically significant. Terminal taxa contain data for at least three species.
