Aging is not senescence: a short computer demonstration and implications for medical practice

INTRODUCTION: The discussion regarding the evolution of aging is almost as old as Darwinian Evolution Theory, but to date, it has remained one of biology's unresolved problems. One issue is how to reconcile natural selection, which is understood as a process that purges deleterious characterist...

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Main Authors: Thiago Oliveira Monaco, Paulo Sergio Panse Silveira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier España 2009-05-01
Series:Clinics
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322009000500013