Ageing, the Biology of Senescence |
Contents
THE NATURE AND CRITERIA OF SENESCENCE | 1 |
THE DISTRIBUTION OF SENESCENCE | 55 |
SENESCENCE IN PROTOZOA | 158 |
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activity actuarial adult age processes Amer animals appears Biol biological birds breeding captivity cause cell division cell number cellular cent chromosome clones collagen Daphnia death decline decrease differentiation Drosophila effect eggs endocrine escence evidence experimental experiments factors females fish force of mortality forms genetic Gerontol gerontology gland gonadal groups growth hormone growth-rate heterosis homoeostasis human hybrids imago inbred increasing age individuals instar invertebrates irradiation Lebistes life-cycle life-span life-table living Lond London Zoo longevity male mammalian mammals maturity maximum McCay mechanism metabolism metazoan mice micronucleus mitosis molluscs morphogenesis morphogenetic mutation natural normal observed occurs old age organisms ovary Paramecium pelecypods physiological pituitary populations probably produced progeny progeria prolonged radiation rats reached records relation reproductive retarded rotifers senescence senile change sexual somatic species specific age studies Survival curves SURVIVORS Szabó teleosts theories tion tissue vertebrates vigour wild young Zool