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We hypothesize that (1) in vertebrates, a telomeric fail-safe inhibits tumor formation by limiting cellular proliferation. (2) The same system results in the progressive degradation of tissue function with age.

— Bret Weinstein The reserve-capacity hypothesis (2002)

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This appears to have greatly elongated the telomeres of laboratory mice.

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(6) In iteroparous organisms selection tends to co-ordinate rates of senescence between tissues, such that no one organ generally limits life-span.

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