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The Adaptive Cost Hypothesis of Aging, a Viewpoint on Antagonist Pleiotropy

Source: Fight Aging! • Published: 08 Sept 2026, 18:22

Summarized by Masters of Longevity from Fight Aging!.

A viewpoint reframing aging by examining evolutionary trade-offs and adaptive responses that influence late-life disease development.

The Adaptive Cost Hypothesis of Aging, a Viewpoint on Antagonist Pleiotropy
Key Takeaways
  • Selection pressure that drives the spread of changes in genes.
  • This inevitably gives rise to systems that perform well initially, but which fall apart later.
  • Aging is a near universal side-effect of evolutionary competition.
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