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Distribution of various aging patterns in the system of the animal world

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A distribution analysis of various aging patterns in the animal world provides information on the causes of differences in aging that are observed among different species, since the system reflects the evolutionary routes that resulted in the emergence of different animals. The system of different groups of animals is presented in this work as a table; the distribution of the groups that demonstrate the minimum and the maximum aging is discussed. Colonial forms are considered as a minimum and animals that have a self-destruction program (with pink salmon, which die after spawning, being the best-known example) as a maximum. It is shown that an increase in signs of aging is observed with the growth of the degree of difference from the simplest ancestor. The delayed aging of relatively simple organisms cannot serve as a direct source of means for deceleration or “cancellation” of aging for complex organisms.

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Original Russian Text © I.Yu. Popov, 2011, published in Uspekhi Gerontologii, 2011, Vol. 24, No. 2, pp. 179–188.

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Popov, I.Y. Distribution of various aging patterns in the system of the animal world. Adv Gerontol 2, 1–9 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S2079057012010109

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