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" Evolution of Longevity in Animals : "
Avril D Woodhead
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725144
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b544863
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Avril D Woodhead
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Evolution of Longevity in Animals : : a Comparative Approach.\ Avril D Woodhead
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Boston: Springer US, 1987
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(351 pages)
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1461319390
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: 9781461319399
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EVOLUTION OF LONGEVITY IN ANIMALS; Editor's page; Copyright; DEDICATION; PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CONTENTS; GENETIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINANTS OF LONGEVITY IN DROSOPHILA; INFORMATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE DEVELOPMENTAL TREE OF MULTI-CELLULAR ORGANISMS; GENETIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANIPULATION OF AGING IN Caenorhabditis elegans; SCALING OF MAXIMAL LIFESPAN IN MAMMALS: A REVIEW; WHY SHOULD SENESCENCE EVOLVE? AN ANSWER BASED ON A SIMPLE DEMOGRAPHIC MODEL; MUTANT GENES THAT EXTEND LIFE SPAN; LONGEVITY IS THE PROTOZOA; THE HEREDITY-ENVIRONMENT CONTINUUM: A SYSTEMS ANALYSIS. THE PROXIMATE AND ULTIMATE CONTROL OF AGING IS DROSOPHILA AND HUMANSTHE MANY GENETICS OF AGING; LIFESPAN ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES ON SPECIES TYPICAL BEHAVIOR OF MERIONES UNGUICULATUS; LONGEVITY IN FISH: SOME ECOLOGICAL AND EVOLUTIONARY CONSIDERATIONS; EVOLUTIONARY RELIABILITY THEORY; PROGRAMMED CELL DEATH AND AGING IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; IMMORTALITY OF THE GERM-LINE VERSUS DISPOSABILITY OF THE SOMA; SYSTEMS ECOLOGY, OPERATIONS RESEARCH ADD GERONTOLOGY: THE MAKING OF STRANGE BEDFELLOWS; DEMOGRAPHIC CONSEQUENCES OF NATURAL SELECTION. THE RELATIONSHIP OF BODY WEIGHT TO LONGEVITY WITHIN LABORATORY RODENT SPECIESIS CELLULAR SENESCENCE GENETICALLY PROGRAMMED?; INFORMATION CONTENT OF BIOLOGICAL SURVIVAL CURVES ARISING IN AGING EXPERIMENTS: SOME FURTHER THOUGHTS; SYMPOSIUM DEBATE THE MICROSCOPE (REDUCTIONIST) OR THE TELESCOPE (HOLISTlC)?; ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION: REMARKS OF THE MODERATOR; THE FUTURE OF AGING RESEARCH; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS: LESSONS FROM QUANTITATIVE GENETICS; PARTICIPANTS; INDEX.
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QP85.A975 1987
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Avril D Woodhead
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Keith H Thompson
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