Question

Which of the following is not part of the definition of senescence? Group of answer choices Old age can be a period of renewal and increased wisdom. Death is a way to weed out worn-out members of a population. Death is a part of the process of natural selection. It is the application of evolutionary principles to understand decline in old age.

Answer 1

Answer:

(A) Old age can be a period of renewal and increased wisdom. 

Explanation:

Senescence is referred as the condition or process of deterioration with age. It refers to the developmental stage at which close to death' symptoms becomes apparent.

Senescence involves the biological ageing of a living thing. This requires a progressive degradation of the morphological characteristics and function of a cell or of the entire thing.