Chance, Development, and Aging - Hardcover

Finch, Caleb Ellicott; Kirkwood, T. B. L.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0195133617 ISBN 13: 9780195133615

Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc, 2000

Inhaltsangabe

In Chance, Development, and Aging, two leading biological gerontologists review and evaluate all of the available data to elucidate the respective roles played by genes and chance developmental events in determining the course of aging in individuals. The combination of genetic and external environmental influences provides only an incomplete answer. Inbred laboratory animals, for example, exhibit a wide range of life spans despite having nearly identical genes and environments. Similarly, uncovering the genetic risks for Alzheimer's disease has not enabled doctors to predict with confidence its onset and severity. This book argues that understanding chance events, specifically random variations during prenatal development, is essential for answering these questions. The book draws on the extensive research in developmental biology on random variations in form and function, while putting this research in a new context. The discussion sheds light on a range of questions, from understanding menopause to explaining why identical twins are not truly identical. The book will be invaluable for gerontologists, geneticists, developmental and reproductive biologists, physiologists, and a broad range of physicians and investigators in experimental medicine.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Dr. Caleb E. Finch is ARCO and William Kieschnick Professor of Gerontology at the Andrus Gerontology Center, University of Southern California. Dr. Tom Kirkwood is a Professor at the University of Manchester and the Director of the Joint Center on Aging at the Universities of Manchester and Newcastle.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2000
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0195133617
• ISBN 13: 9780195133615
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 278
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