Evolutionary biology of aging
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| Format: | Elektronisch E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Oxford University Press
1991
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| Beschreibung: | Includes index. - Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002 Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-209) and indexes In this provocative book on the process of growing old, Michael Rose goes right to the heart of the fundamental "unsolved problem" of biology. Why do we grow old? The proposed theory is that to understand aging we must understand its evolution; only then do its taxonomic distribution and its genetic and physiological mechanisms become intelligible. Evidence is produced from the fields of cell biology, physiology, and gerontology The Evolutionary Theory of Aging -- - Observation of Aging -- - Experimental Tests of the Evolutionary Theory of Aging -- - Genetic Mechanisms for the Evolution of Aging -- - Comparative Biology of Aging -- - An Evolutionary Perspective on Organismal Theories of Aging -- - An Evolutionary Perspective on Cellular and Molecular Theories of Aging -- - The Future of Gerontology |
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| Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 221 p.) |
| ISBN: | 128045105X 1423765206 9781280451058 9781423765202 |