Posted on 02/15/2011 7:31:24 AM PST by greatdefender
See Site for see the pictures. It is Huge!
http://www.senescence.info/nature.html
An article on the aging process from a genetic viewpoint.
A quote from the artice will suffice.
“Teleosts such as rockfishes also live very long, show no signs of reproductive senescence and grow continuously, albeit slowly (Fig. 3A). Some rockfishes, such as Sebastes aleutianus have been estimated to live over 200 years and show no signs of aging (Cailliet et al., 2001).”
There is, of course, more if one cares to research the phenomenon.
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