ABSTRACT

Although books exist on the evolution of aging, this is the first book written from the perspective of again as an adaptive program. It offers an insight into the implications of research on aging genetics, The author proposes the Demographic Theory of Senescence, whereby aging has been affirmatively selected because it levels the death rate over time helping stabilize population dynamics and prevent extinctions.

chapter |8 pages

What is Hormesis?

chapter |1 pages

Animals that Don’t Age at All

chapter |16 pages

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chapter |10 pages

eories of Oxidative Damage

chapter |12 pages

High Cost of Senescence in the Wild

chapter |2 pages

Predictions of Antagonistic Pleiotropy

chapter |1 pages

Summary

chapter |7 pages

References

chapter |1 pages

How to Stabilize an Ecosystem

chapter |10 pages

Birds Lacking Estates

chapter |1 pages

Summary

chapter |4 pages

References

chapter |6 pages

at Others Might Live Preliminaries

chapter |4 pages

A Subdivided Population Model with Delayed Logistic Dynamics

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chapter |7 pages

Le Rouge et le Noir

chapter |3 pages

Blunting the Blade of Selection

chapter |10 pages

Summary

chapter |20 pages

Horizontal Gene Transfer