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Evolutionary biology of aging/ [by] Michael R. Rose

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: ENG Publication details: New York: Oxford University Press, c1991Description: ix, 221 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780195095302 (pbk. ):
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23rd 571.878 ROSE/E
Summary: n 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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Reference Book Reference Book Transit Campus Biology 571.878 ROSE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 002705

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

n 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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