Evolutionary Biology of Aging
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 5 January 1995
- ISBN 9780195095302
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages240 pages
- Size 233x154x18 mm
- Weight 369 g
- Language English
- Illustrations line drawings, tables 0
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Short description:
In this provocative book on the process of growing old, Michael Rose goes right to the heart of a fundamental "unsolved problem" of biology. Why do we grow old? Rose answers the questions by proposing an evolutionary theory of senescence - that the force of natural selection declines proportionally with age after the onset of reproduction - and elaborates with evidence from cell biology, physiology and gerontology. The strength of the book lies in Rose's unique ability to sunthesize the vast literature of this field into a stimulating and accessible volume.
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This provocative book on the ageing process examines one of the unsolved problems of biology: why do we grow old? The author answers this question by proposing an evolutionary theory for senescence, suggesting 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. The strength of the book lies in the author's unique ability to synthesize the vast literature of this field into a stimulating and accessible volume.
`...fills a long empty space on the evolutionary biological bookshelf.' Times Higher Education Supplement
Table of Contents:
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.
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