Senesce in a sentence as a verb

However, the stem cells produced this way senesce after surprisingly few generations.

While senescence damages the individuals and has an evolutionary cost, it has a benefit of its own.

When conditions change, a senescent species can drive immortal competitors to extinction.

Hydra apparently manages to keep its body young because it does not senesce by accumulating damages and mutations, as most other living beings do.

Aging is prejudicial to the individual and evolutionary forces should prevent it, but many species show signs of senescence as individuals age.

"Hydra apparently manages to keep its body young because it does not senesce by accumulating damages and mutations, as most other living beings do. Hydra are probably able to follow a special self-preservation strategy, as its body and cellular processes are rather simple.

Senesce definitions

verb

grow old or older; "She aged gracefully"; "we age every day--what a depressing thought!"; "Young men senesce"

See also: mature maturate