Universal biological scaling and mortality.
- 20 December 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 91 (26) , 12453-12457
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.91.26.12453
Abstract
Universal scaling relations for basal metabolism, heart rate, and life-span are presented in a physically transparent form with no adjustable parameters. Their accuracy is a few percent for animals ranging from invertebrates to mammals. They suggest that natural death is related to irreparable molecular damage to specific cells or molecules.Keywords
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