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

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