Redundancy and Biological Aging

Redundancy and Biological Aging

The relationship between aging and organizational redundancy in biological systems was investigated from the standpoint of information theory. A mortality rate function derived for a randomly deteriorating redundant system approximates observed mortality rates more closely than does the Gompertz fun...

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Veröffentlicht in:Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 1963-09, Vol.141 (3584), p.910-912
1. Verfasser: Johnson, Horton A.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adrenal cortex
Aging
Animals
Cell nucleus
Cybernetics
DNA
Horses
Information Theory
Interstitial cells
Mammals
Mice
Mortality
Nephrons
Nucleic acids
Old Medline
Organizations
Redundant components
Structural members
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Zusammenfassung:The relationship between aging and organizational redundancy in biological systems was investigated from the standpoint of information theory. A mortality rate function derived for a randomly deteriorating redundant system approximates observed mortality rates more closely than does the Gompertz function and indicates that variations in redundancy among various mammalian species could account for their widely different rates of aging.
ISSN:0036-8075
1095-9203
DOI:10.1126/science.141.3584.910