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Understanding ageing / Robin Holliday

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Developmental and cell biology series ; 30Publication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1995Description: xiv, 207 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0521417880
  • 9780521417884
  • 0521478022
  • 9780521478021
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 574.3/72 20 HOL
LOC classification:
  • QP86 .H65 1995
NLM classification:
  • WT 104
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. The evolved anatomical and physiological design of mammals -- 3. Maintenance of the adult organism -- 4. Theories of ageing -- 5. Cellular ageing -- 6. Genetic programmes for ageing -- 7. The evolution of longevity -- 8. Human disease and ageing -- 9. A better understanding of ageing
Summary: This book explains why ageing exists, reviews our understanding of it at the biological level and discusses age-related diseases
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-192) and indexes

1. Introduction -- 2. The evolved anatomical and physiological design of mammals -- 3. Maintenance of the adult organism -- 4. Theories of ageing -- 5. Cellular ageing -- 6. Genetic programmes for ageing -- 7. The evolution of longevity -- 8. Human disease and ageing -- 9. A better understanding of ageing

This book explains why ageing exists, reviews our understanding of it at the biological level and discusses age-related diseases

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