Evolutionary Biology of Aging

Michael R. Rose (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

240 Seiten

1995
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-509530-2 (ISBN)

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The author of this monograph proposes an evolutionary theory of senescence - that the force of natural selection declines proportionally with age after the onset of reproduction. He elaborates with evidence from cell biology, physiology and gerontology.

In this provocative book on the process of growing old, Michael Rose goes right to the heart of the fundamental "unsolved problem" of biology. Why do we grow old? The proposed theory is that to understand aging we must understand its evolution; only then do its taxonomic distribution and its genetic and physiological mechanisms become intelligible. Evidence is produced from the fields of cell biology, physiology, and gerontology.

The evolutionary theory of aging; Observation of aging; Experimental tests of the evolutionary theory of aging; Genetic mechanisms form the evolution of aging; Comparative biology of aging; An evolutionary perspective on organismal theories of aging; An evolutionary perspective on cellular and molecular theories of aging; The future of gerontology.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.8.1995
Zusatzinfo	line drawings, tables
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	154 x 233 mm
Gewicht	369 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Geriatrie
	Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Physiologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Genetik / Molekularbiologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zellbiologie
ISBN-10	0-19-509530-8 / 0195095308
ISBN-13	978-0-19-509530-2 / 9780195095302
Zustand	Neuware