
Aging of Organisms
H.D. Osiewacz(Editor)
Springer (Publisher)
Published on 30. December 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
IX, 276 pages
978-90-481-6332-8 (ISBN)
Description
Biological aging as the time-depending general decline of biological systems associated with a progressively increasing mortality risk is a general phenomenom of great significance. The underlying processes are very complex and depending on genetic and environment factors. These factors encode or affect a network of interconnected cellular pathways. In no system this network has been deciphered in greater detail. However, the strategy of studying various biological systems has let to the identification of pathways and specific modules and makes it obvious that aging is the result of different overlapping mechanisms and pathways. Some of these appear to be conserved ("public") among species, others are specific or "private" and only of significance in one or a few organisms. This volume in the series on "Biology of aging and its modulation" specifically focuses on organismic aging. The book covers research on organisms from lower to higher complexity representing examples from very diverse taxa like photosynthetic plants, fungi, sponges, nematodes, flies, birds and mammals. Such a broad treatise of this complex topic provides a comprehensive "flavor" about the current issues dealt with in this rapidly growing scientific discipline.
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Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
Language
English
Place of publication
Dordrecht
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
IX, 276 p.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
441 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-481-6332-8 (9789048163328)
DOI
10.1007/978-94-017-0671-1
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Aging of Organisms
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10/2003
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Content
1: Yeast Longevity and Aging.- 2: Ageing and Longevity in the Filamentous Fungus Podospora anserina.- 3: Genetic, Metablic and Environmental Factors Associated with Ageing in Plants.- 4: Aging in Sponges.-. 5: Ageing and Environmental Conditions in Insects.-. 6: Genetics of Ageing in Drosophila.-. 7: Ageing in C. elegans.- 8: Aging in Birds.- 9: Exploring the Mechanism of Aging Using Rodent Models.- 10: Human Aging and Longevity.