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Senescence is a collective term for the deteriorative changes in living organisms that lead to death. Senescence may be caused by pathogens, environmental stresses, or by inherent physiological changes in the organism; it may affect the whole organism or some of the organs, tissues, or cells.
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Woolhouse, H.W. (1978). Cellular and Metabolic Aspects of Senescence in Higher Plants. In: Behnke, J.A., Finch, C.E., Moment, G.B. (eds) The Biology of Aging. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3994-6_5
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