Biological aging is explained by established evolutionary and cellular theories of senescence
The retrieved evidence strongly supports the claim that biological aging is explained by established evolutionary theories (such as antagonistic pleiotropy and mutation accumulation) and cellular mechanisms (such as cellular senescence, telomere attrition, and mitochondrial dysfunction).
The retrieved papers consistently validate both the evolutionary frameworks of aging (antagonistic pleiotropy and mutation accumulation) and the cellular mechanisms (senescence, telomere shortening, mitochondrial dysfunction), providing robust support for the claim with no contradictory papers.
Pratibha Revi Shanker, Rajkumar Dorajoo. Molecular Mechanisms of Accelerated Ageing in Geriatric Depression: Interplay of Telomere Attrition, Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Cellular Senescence. 2026. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms27031613
Paper 0 discusses how telomere attrition, mitochondrial dysfunction, and cellular senescence drive biological aging and age-related pathophysiology.
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Elizabeth R. Everman, Theodore J. Morgan. Evolution of age-specific decline in stress phenotypes is driven by both antagonistic pleiotropy and mutation accumulation. 2017. https://doi.org/10.1101/115931
Paper 1 provides empirical support for evolutionary theories of aging, specifically demonstrating that mutation accumulation and antagonistic pleiotropy drive age-related functional declines.
Hiroshi Kobayashi, Miki Nishio, Mai Umetani, Hiroshi Shigetomi, Shogo Imanaka, Hiratsugu Hashimoto. Antagonistic pleiotropy governing reproductive aging: evolutionary regulation of endometrial receptivity. 2026. https://doi.org/10.1093/reprod/xaag044
Paper 3 demonstrates how mechanistic target of rapamycin pathways link cellular senescence and antagonistic pleiotropy to reproductive aging.
Marwa Jewi. Cellular Senescence and Human Physiology: Mechanisms of Aging and Therapeutic Insights. 2026. https://doi.org/10.66590/jabs2026030101
Paper 5 outlines how cellular senescence, genomic instability, and oxidative stress serve as foundational mechanisms of human biological aging.
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