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Autore: | Symposium CIBA Foundation |
Titolo: | The lifespan of Animals [[electronic resource] ] : Volume 5: Colloquia on Ageing |
Pubblicazione: | Hoboken, : Wiley, 2009 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (389 p.) |
Disciplina: | 612.67 |
Soggetto topico: | Aging |
Old age | |
Human Anatomy & Physiology | |
Health & Biological Sciences | |
Physiology | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di contenuto: | CIBA FOUNDATION COLLOQUIA ON AGEING; PREFACE; CONTENTS; Chairman's opening remarks; Actuarial aspects of human lifespans; Discussion; Parental age effects on man; Discussion; Studies on the longevity and mortality of Englishthorough-bred horses; Discussion; Lifespan of cattle and horses under various climatic con-ditions and the reasons for premature culling; Discussion; Onset of disease and the longevity of rat and man; Discussion; Lifespans of mammalian and bird populations in nature; Discussion; Arteriosclerosis in birds; Discussion |
Relation of lifespan to brain weight and body weight in mammalsDiscussion; A review of the lifespans and mortality rates of fish in nature and their relation to growth and other physiological charac-teristics; Discussion; Physiological changes accompanying ageing in fishes; Discussion; Longevity of fishes in captivity with special reference to those kept in the New York Aquarium; Discussion; Factors influencing the lifespan of bees; Discussion; The biology of ageing in insects; Discussion; The rate of ageing in Drosophila subobscra; Discussion; Group Discussion; Chairman's closing remarks | |
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Titolo autorizzato: | The lifespan of Animals |
ISBN: | 0-470-71525-1 |
0-470-71494-8 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910144666803321 |
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