X-Message-Number: 26195 From: "Basie" <> Subject: Mice and Elephants Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 19:07:23 -0400 Mice have a shorter lifespan because their niche area is smaller and therefore more at risk to inbreeding. Elephants have a very large niche and therefore pressure against inbreeding is less. Aging should be redefined as: pressure against inbreeding or PAI. PAI=Alpha(niche size). Alpha is an universal constant not yet defined. Basie Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=26195