Hypothesis Volume 5, Issue 4 pp 227—233

Big mice die young but large animals live longer

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Figure 1. MTOR-driven quasi-programmed aging (hyperfunction model).

Aging is a continuation of developmental growth driven by growth-promoting pathways such as MTOR. Green: robustness. Red: hyperfunction-driven diseases leading to death. See Ref. 19.