Longevity, Senescence, and the Genome

by Caleb E. Finch

Book Overview

Featuring extensive references, updated for this paperback edition, Longevity, Senescence, and the Genome constitutes a landmark contribution to biomedicine and the evolutionary biology of aging.

To enhance gerontology's focus on human age-related dysfunctions, Caleb E. Finch provides a comparative review of all the phyla of organisms, broadening gerontology to intersect with behavioral, developmental, evolutionary, and molecular biology...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226248887
• ISBN13: 9780226248882
• Release Date: May 1991
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 938 Pages
• Weight: 3.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.2" x 6.6" x 9.4"