English: As metabolic rate increases the lifespan of an organism is expected to decrease as well. The rate at which this occurs is not fixed and thus the -45° slope in this graph is just an example and not a constant.
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As metabolic rate increases the lifespan of an organism is expected to decrease as well. The rate at which these factors are related is not fixed and thus the -45° slope in this graph is just an example and not a constant.