Evolutionary biology of aging [[electronic resource]]
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| Autore: |
Rose Michael R (Michael Robertson), <1955->
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| Titolo: |
Evolutionary biology of aging [[electronic resource]]
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2023 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (236 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 574.372 |
| Soggetto topico: | Aging |
| Evolution | |
| Biological Evolution | |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Evolutionary Biology of Aging |
| ISBN: | 0-19-770093-4 |
| 1-280-45105-X | |
| 0-19-802272-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910811379503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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