[
US
/səˈnɛsəns/
]
NOUN
- the property characteristic of old age
- the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age
How To Use senescence In A Sentence
- We have devised a functional approach to clone genes involved in the regulation of cell growth and senescence.
- This would allow direct measurement of how far senescence in the original population had been caused by accumulation of partially recessive mutations.
- It was also important to determine the degree of universality of the correlative relationships between free amino acid levels and leaf senescence.
- Senescence is the syndrome caused by the functional decline and physiological disorder during the organism deterioration.
- So, when a telomere gets short, that's when either senescence or apoptosis is triggered. Carol W. Greider - Interview
- Mortality barriers to human cell immortalization and effectors of replicative cellular senescence in human cells
- Most young, healthy cells divide continuously in order to keep body tissues and organs functioning properly, but eventually stop splitting—a state called senescence—and are replaced by others. Cell Study Finds a Way to Slow Ravages of Age
- Among several mutations rumoured to alter senescence are the clavata mutants.
- They produce numerous biological effects including promotion of leaf senescence and abscission, stomatal closure, inhibition of root growth, and germination of non-dormant seeds.
- Photosynthate supply and phytohormones, particularly cytokinins, interact with nitrogen supply through signal transduction pathways to control the expression of photosynthesis genes and development and senescence of leaves.