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Sex and the origins of death [[electronic resource] /] / William R. Clark ; [illustrations by Celine Park]



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Autore: Clark William R. <1938-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Sex and the origins of death [[electronic resource] /] / William R. Clark ; [illustrations by Celine Park] Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 1996
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (205 p.)
Disciplina: 571.936
574.87/65
Soggetto topico: Cell death
Death (Biology)
Apoptosis
Sex (Biology)
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-185) and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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; Z
Sommario/riassunto: Death, 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 ma
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ISBN: 0-19-802660-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910449945403321
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