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  • Title: [The relationship of the lifespan of eukaryotes (animals and plants) to their physical characteristics].
    Author: Metel'skiĭ ST.
    Journal: Zh Obshch Biol; 1995; 56(6):723-35. PubMed ID: 8546014.
    Abstract:
    Over a wide range of living species from rotifer to sequoia it was shown that there is positive correlation between species longevity and linear size (r = 0.93, n = 186), as well as between species longevity and mass (r = 0.94, n = 37). Real slope of correlation line longevity on mass may be near 0.27. So, for all studied species exist the general low- the more its mass (or weight, or volume), the longer its life span. It is possible that between mass (or volume) and longevity of living things there is causal relation.
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