Adaptation, Aging, and Genomic Information
May 21, 2009 by admin
Aging is not simply an accumulation of damage or inappropriate higher-order signaling. Aging occurs because of the extensive absence of adaptive genomic information required for survival to later adult ages.
Michael R. Rose
from the May 2009 issue, of the Impact Journal on Aging Research (published online May 21, 2009)
Abstract
Journal for Aging Research: May, 2009
Aging is not simply an accumulation of damage or inappropriate higher-order signaling, though it does secondarily involve both of these subsidiary mechanisms. Rather, aging occurs because of the extensive absence of adaptive genomic...
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Evolution of ageing since Darwin
December 23, 2008 by admin
Evolutionary biology provides the only cogent, formally developed, and experimentally corroborated theory for biological ageing. In this essay, we supply a brisk run through the highlights of evolutionary research on the biology of ageing.
MICHAEL R. ROSE, MOLLY K. BURKE, PARVIN SHAHRESTANI and LAURENCE D. MUELLER
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-2525, USA
From the December 2009 issue, of the Journal of Genetics (published online December 23, 2008)
Abstract
Journal of Genetics
In the late 19th century, the evolutionary...
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