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I find the telomere hypothesis to be a bit silly. There isn't a thing (molecular biologically speaking) that causes aging. There is, however, entropy. Organisms are far too ordered to stayed sable for a long period of time. My guess is that the degradation of organisms is general and protracted, and not due to one or several molecular processes.
theadvancedapes · 4331 days ago · link ·
I'm not saying that telomeres are the only thing that cause aging. But there is an important association between cellular degradation and reduction of telomeres. I'm just surprised that hers are shortening at a normal rate, I would have expected some deviation from the normal rate. I agree with your point re: entropy.