The individual begins with an event having the characteristics of a launching. An analysis of the decline in basal metabolic rate and percentage of total body water, as examples of the continuous processes of senescence, upholds this concept. The highest functional values are present at or shortly after conception, but they decline continuously throughout life.

The highest functional values in an individual begin at conception and decline continuously throughout life, with the highest values present at or shortly after conception and declining continuously throughout life.

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THE LAUNCHING EFFECT IN BIOLOGIC SENESCENCE

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