Senescence - A gradual decrease in fecundity and an increase in the probability of mortality.

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Repeat period is shorter for the parallel conformation (6.5 Å, vs. 7 Å for antiparallel)

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Each single strand of the b-sheet structure can be pictured as a twofold helix, that is, a helix with two residues per turn.

The arrangement of successive amide planes has a pleated appearance due to the tetrahedral nature of the Ca atom.

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Parallel sheets are typically large structures; those composed of fewer than five strands are rare. 

Antiparallel sheets may consist of as few as two strands.

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Parallel sheets characteristically distribute hydrophobic side chains on both sides of the sheet

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Antiparallel sheets are usually arranged with all their hydrophobic residues on one side of the sheet. 

This requires an alternation of hydrophilic and hydrophobic residues in the primary structure of peptides involved in antiparallel b-sheets because every other side chain projects to the same side of the sheet