Inevitable aging? : contributions to evolutionary-demographic theory / / Annette Baudisch
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Baudisch Annette
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| Titolo: |
Inevitable aging? : contributions to evolutionary-demographic theory / / Annette Baudisch
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| Pubblicazione: | Berlin, : Springer, 2008 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. 2008. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (187 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 571.878 |
| Soggetto topico: | Aging - Physiological aspects |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Hamilton -- Hamilton’s Indicators of the Force of Selection -- Further Challenges -- Optimization Models -- Optimization Models Based on Size -- An Optimization Model Based on Vitality -- Directions for Research. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Honored by the Max Planck Society with the Otto Hahn Medal 2007 for outstanding scientific achievements Aging is inevitable: this is gerontological dogma. And humans do inevitably grow old, which is probably why it seems so unlikely to us that other forms of life could escape aging. Escaping aging is not escaping death. Death is an inherent part of life, and it can strike any time. But the question is whether death necessarily becomes more likely as life proceeds. And it does not. The theoretical results in this monograph indicate that life provides alternative strategies. While some organisms will deteriorate over adult ages, for others mortality appears to fall or remain constant, at least over an extended period of life after reproductive maturity. This is empirically observed especially for species that keep on growing during adult ages. Perhaps the diversity of aging matches the diversity of life. My thesis, the central insight of this monograph, is: to deeply understand why some species age it is necessary to understand why other species do not. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Inevitable Aging |
| ISBN: | 1-281-17964-7 |
| 9786611179649 | |
| 3-540-76656-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910146563803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Demographic research monographs.