HDE 117 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Infertility, Odds Ratio, Menopause
14 Apr 2017
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Locked within the genetic material are instructions that specify the age beyond which a species cannot live given even the most favorable conditions. the new encyclopedia britannica, The length of life is fixed. in: fries, j. f. 1980. Some fall over and can"t get up: the onset (time-to-death specific, transition is: universal, progressive, predictive, irreversible. Importance: the state is healthy to unhealthy, then dead: conclusions: New york times ballerina"s ovarian tissue transplant gives. 40 days: by 5 months, the maximum number of eggs is 14 million, at birth 1. 5 million oocytes, by puberty 600,000 oocytes, then depletion, and menopause follows, evidence (or lack of) on cost of reproduction in women. 20th century massachusetts women who lived to 100 were 3 times more likely to have given birth in their 40s as were women who only survived to early 70s. For the 11-month cohort, there was a 60% increase in life expectancy with the new ovaries.
