In the case of a population of C. elegans in which all individuals are genetically identical, the oldest old may be those who escape detrimental stochastic insults.
This repertoire permits problem resolution by recognition of new problems as ones that are similar or identical to old ones already solved, and the solutions are recalled.
However, since we only sequenced the ompA gene, and although the sequence was identical in old and new L2b strains, we cannot exclude the possibility that it could involve different strains of C. trachomatis that differ in other parts of the genome, although this is unlikely.
After a median follow-up of 60 months, hematologic, cytogenetic and molecular response rates were identical in older and younger patients while survival was significantly inferior in older patients.
"I found the content of their near-death experiences is absolutely identical to older children and adults," he said.
Post-hoc analysis indicated that, overall, middle-age workers' leg strengths (i.e., ankle and knee muscles) were significantly different from younger adults while middle-age workers' leg strengths were virtually identical to older adults' leg strengths.
My mother spent many years as a stay-at-home mom while my dad worked long hours as a professor at a local university -- and my identical twin, older brother and I terrorized the hell out of that poor woman.
Indeed, the female and male BCU curves become virtually identical at older ages after correcting for gender differences in survival (Fig. 4).
Remarkably, the two BCU curves become virtually identical at older ages (Fig. 4) after crude adjustment for gender differences in survival using general population data (generalized additive model for log incidence rates of Alzheimer's disease including age-specific female/male survival ratios as a covariate, P = 0.16) [57], [57].
Many organisations now used web-based telephone systems that, to the user, seem identical to older, wire-based, systems.
