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Organisms have 'self-destruct programmes'

04-22-2020 • arclein

'It's been known for years that programmed cell death benefits living organisms, but we're now realising there is programmed organismal death as well, that can benefit animal colonies,' said first author Dr Evgeniy Galimov at the University College London (UCL) Institute of Healthy Ageing. 'Our findings are consistent with the old theory that ageing is beneficial in one way, as they show how increasing food availability for your relatives by dying early can be a winning strategy, which we call consumer sacrifice.'

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Reported By robert klein

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