Aging hypotheses, aging markers and the concept of biological age.
The following two points are made in this article: (1) the likely existence of more than one underlying cause of senescence strengthens the case for the development of a number of reliable markers of aging and (2) the concept of a single biological or functional age for an organism should be used with great caution, if at all.
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Department of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida 33124.
D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D015415:Biomarkers; D006801:Humans; D008322:Mammals
D015415:Biomarkers