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Exponential increase in mortality with age is a generic property of a simple model system of damage accumulation and death

The risk of dying increases exponentially with age, in humans as well as in many other species. This increase is often attributed to the “accumulation of damage” known to occur in many biological structures and systems. The aim of this paper is to describe a generic model of damage accumulation and...

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Autor principal: Ledberg, Anders
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7272078/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32497107
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0233384