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What is the difference between 'length of life cycle' and 'generation time'?

What is the difference between 'length of life cycle' and 'generation time'?

so if an organism's life cycle is long, its because it takes a long time before they become reproductively mature, so is this the same as generation time?

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thegodofgod

Original post by corajane5

I would have thought that the length of life cycle would represent the time from an organism's birth to its death, which would be longer than its generation time, which would represent the time from its birth to when it reproduces.