Evolutionary Biology of Aging

Evolutionary Biology of Aging
ISBN-10
0195095308
ISBN-13
9780195095302
Category
Family & Relationships
Pages
221
Language
English
Published
1991
Publisher
Oxford University Press on Demand
Author
Michael R. Rose

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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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