The statement, "The Mutation Accumulation hypothesis notes that mutations causin

The statement, “The Mutation Accumulation hypothesis notes that mutations causing premature senescence are selected against weakly,” makes more sense if we consider that harmful mutations that are only expressed later in life, when reproduction has ceased and future survival is increasingly unlikely, are likely to be unknowingly passed on to future generations. In this situation, the force of natural selection will be weak, and so insufficient to consistently eliminate these mutations. Over time, these mutations would accumulate due to genetic drift and lead to the evolution of what is now referred to as aging.

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