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Evolution of Longevity in Animals

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    Chapter 1 Genetic and Environmental Determinants of Longevity in Drosophila
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    Chapter 2 Informational Structure of the Developmental Tree of Multi-Cellular Organisms
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    Chapter 3 Genetic and Environmental Manipulation of Aging in Caenorhabditis elegans
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    Chapter 4 Scaling of Maximal Lifespan in Mammals: A Review
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    Chapter 5 Why Should Senescence Evolve? An Answer Based on a Simple Demographic Model
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    Chapter 6 Mutant Genes That Extend Life Span
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    Chapter 7 Longevity in the Protozoa
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    Chapter 8 The Heredity-Environment Continuum: A Systems Analysis
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    Chapter 10 The Many Genetics of Aging
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    Chapter 11 Lifespan Environmental Influences on Species Typical Behavior of Meriones Unguiculatus
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    Chapter 12 Longevity in Fish: Some Ecological and Evolutionary Considerations
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    Chapter 13 Evolutionary Reliability Theory
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    Chapter 14 Programmed Cell Death and Aging in Drosophila Melanogaster
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    Chapter 15 Immortality of the Germ-Line versus Disposability of the Soma
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    Chapter 16 Systems Ecology, Operations Research and Gerontology: The Making of Strange Bedfellows
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    Chapter 17 Demographic Consequences of Natural Selection
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    Chapter 18 The Relationship of Body Weight to Longevity within Laboratory Rodent Species
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    Chapter 19 Is Cellular Senescence Genetically Programmed?
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    Chapter 20 Information Content of Biological Survival Curves Arising in Aging Experiments: Some Further Thoughts
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    Chapter 21 The Microscope (Reductionist) or the Telescope (Holistic)?
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    Chapter 22 Remarks of the Moderator
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    Chapter 23 The Future of Aging Research
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    Chapter 24 Survival Analysis: Lessons from Quantitative Genetics
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Chapter title
Mutant Genes That Extend Life Span
Chapter number 6
Book title
Evolution of Longevity in Animals
Published by
Springer, Boston, MA, January 1987
DOI 10.1007/978-1-4613-1939-9_6
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Book ISBNs
978-1-4612-9077-3, 978-1-4613-1939-9
Authors

Thomas E. Johnson, David B. Friedman, Paul A. Fitzpatrick, William L. Conley, Johnson, Thomas E., Friedman, David B., Fitzpatrick, Paul A., Conley, William L.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 1 17%
Unknown 5 83%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Professor 2 33%
Other 2 33%
Researcher 1 17%
Lecturer > Senior Lecturer 1 17%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 50%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 33%
Engineering 1 17%