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Record Nr.

UNINA9910963324403321

Autore

Rose Michael R (Michael Robertson), <1955->

Titolo

Evolutionary biology of aging

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2023

ISBN

0-19-770093-4

1-280-45105-X

0-19-802272-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (236 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

574.372

Soggetti

Aging

Evolution

Biological Evolution

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 1990.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; 1 The Evolutionary Theory of Aging; 2 Observation of Aging; 3 Experimental Tests of the Evolutionary Theory of Aging; 4 Genetic Mechanisms for the Evolution of Aging; 5 Comparative Biology of Aging; 6 An Evolutionary Perspective on Organismal Theories of Aging; 7 An Evolutionary Perspective on Cellular and Molecular Theories of Aging; 8 The Future of Gerontology; BIBLIOGRAPHY; AUTHOR INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

This study examines a fundamental unsolved problem of biology: why do we grow old? The author proposes an evolutionary theory of senescence, which he elaborates with evidence from cell biology, physiology and gerontology.