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Evolutionary biology of aging /
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 i...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
1991.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Notas: | Includes index. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ix, 221 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-209) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 1423765206 9781423765202 9780195095302 0195095308 128045105X 9781280451058 9786610451050 6610451052 9780198022725 0198022727 160256034X 9781602560345 |