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negative senescence: a standalone construct

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Biology of aging

a pattern in which mortality falls and fertility rises with age after maturity, the reverse of standard senescence.

In biology of aging, negative senescence refers to a pattern in which mortality falls and fertility rises with age after maturity, the reverse of standard senescence. This meaning comes from W. Vaupel (2004) in Theoretical Population Biology.[1]

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References

W. Vaupel, J., Baudisch, A., Dölling, M., A. Roach, D., & Gampe, J. (2004). The case for negative senescence. Theoretical Population Biology, 65(4), 339-351. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tpb.2003.12.003

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