02816nam 2200637Ia 450 991078327180332120230421042404.00-19-770198-10-19-802660-9(CKB)1000000000028895(EBL)241243(OCoLC)475955721(SSID)ssj0000244628(PQKBManifestationID)11240369(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000244628(PQKBWorkID)10170461(PQKB)10009288(SSID)ssj0000365769(PQKBManifestationID)12103475(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000365769(PQKBWorkID)10414699(PQKB)11514632(MiAaPQ)EBC241243(EXLCZ)99100000000002889519960229d1996 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSex and the origins of death[electronic resource] /William R. Clark ; [illustrations by Celine Park]New York Oxford University Press19961 online resource (205 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-510644-X Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-185) and index.Contents; Prologue; 1. Death of a Cell; 2. A Second Face of Death; 3. Sex, Segregation, and the Origins of Cellular Death; 4. From Sex to Death: The Puzzle of Senescence; 5. A Hierarchy of Cells: The Definition of Brain Death; 6. Standing at the Abyss: Viruses, Spores and the Meaning of Life; 7. Coming to Closure; Epilogue; Further Reading; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; ZDeath, for bacteria, is not inevitable. Protect a bacterium from predators, and provide it with adequate food and space to grow, and it would continue living--and reproducing asexually--forever. But a paramecium (a slightly more advanced single-cell organism), under the same ideal conditions, would stop dividing after about 200 generations--and die. Death, for paramecia and their offspring, is inevitable. Unless they have sex ... In Sex and the Origins of Death, William Clark ranges far and wide over fascinating terrain. Whether describing a 62-year-old man having a maCell deathDeath (Biology)ApoptosisSex (Biology)Cell death.Death (Biology)Apoptosis.Sex (Biology)571.936574.87/65Clark William R.1938-262163MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910783271803321Sex and the origins of death3721732UNINA