Format:
1 Online-Ressource (310 Seite)
ISBN:
9780128215463
Series Statement:
Conceptual breakthroughs series
Content:
Front Cover -- Conceptual Breakthroughs in The Evolutionary Biology of Aging -- Conceptual Breakthroughs in The Evolutionary Biology of Aging -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword from the Series Editor, John C. Avise -- One - Introduction -- References and further reading -- Two - 384-322B.C: The first biologist on aging -- The standard paradigm -- The conceptual breakthrough -- Impact: 6 -- References and further reading -- Three - 1645: A tale of two Bacons -- The standard paradigm -- Aging treatment without empiricism -- The conceptual breakthrough -- Impact: 4 -- References and further reading -- Four - 1881: Natural selection is the ultimate determinant of aging -- The standard paradigm -- The conceptual breakthrough -- Impact: 7 -- References and further reading -- Five - 1922: Early laboratory experiments on demography -- The standard paradigm -- The conceptual breakthrough -- Impact: 6 -- References and further reading -- Six - 1928: Basic mathematics of selection with age-structure -- The standard paradigm -- The conceptual breakthrough -- Impact: 8 -- References and further reading -- Seven - 1930: First explanation of aging by age-specific patterns of selection -- The standard paradigm -- The conceptual breakthrough -- Impact: 7 -- References and further reading -- Eight - 1941: First proposal of the general idea of declining force of natural selection -- The standard paradigm -- The conceptual breakthrough -- Impact: 7 -- References and further reading -- Nine - 1946-57: Verbal hypotheses for the evolutionary genetics of aging -- The standard paradigm -- The conceptual breakthrough -- Impact: 8 -- References and further reading -- Ten - 1953: Absence of a Lansing effect in inbred Drosophila -- The standard paradigm -- The conceptual breakthrough -- Impact: 5 -- References and further reading.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780128215456
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780128215456
Language:
English
