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The Hyperfunction Theory: An Emerging Paradigm for the Biology of Aging
2021-08-30
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The process of senescence (aging) is largely determined by the action of wild-type genes. For most organisms, this does not reflect any adaptive function of senescence, but rather evolutionary effects of declining selection against genes with deleterious effects later in life. To understand aging requires an account of how evolutionary mechanisms give rise to pathogenic gene action and late-life disease, that inte...
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- 10.20944/preprints202108.0552.v1