An Endogenous Decline in the Homeostatic Characteristics
of Two Supraorganismal Systems from the Standpoint
of the Parametabolic Theory of Aging1
A. V. Makrushina, * and N. V. Aladinb
Translated by G. Chirikova
aPapanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters, Russian Academy of Sciences, Borok, Yaroslavl oblast, 152742 Russia
bZoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya nab. 1, St. Petersburg, 199034 Russia
Correspondence to: *e-mail: makru@ibiw.yaroslavl.ru
1A discussion paper.
Abstract—An endogenous decline in the homeostatic characteristics of supraorganismal systems is similar to individual aging. The similarity lies in the fact that this decline, as well as individual aging, is caused by negative consequences of specialization of individual elements constituting the system. These consequences in supraorganismal systems are analogous to the parametabolic processes of an aging individual.
Keywords: biocenosis, society, cenophiles, cenophobes
DOI: 10.1134/S2079057017010118