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Studying the processes of senescence is, in a sense, equivalent to studying the processes of longevity. In studies of this type we may ask a variety of questions concerning the longevity of a specified biological organism. For example, given that a specified organism has survived until time t, what is the chance that it will survive until time t + Δt (where Δ is a small increment in time)?
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Witten, M. (1985). Reliability Theoretic Methods and Aging: Critical Elements, Hierarchies and Longevity—Interpreting Survival Curves. In: Woodhead, A.D., Blackett, A.D., Hollaender, A. (eds) Molecular Biology of Aging. Basic Life Sciences, vol 35. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2218-2_21
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