Methuselah Flies presents a trailblazing project on the biology of aging. It describes research on the first organisms to have their lifespan increased, and their aging slowed, by hereditary manipulation. These organisms are fruit flies from the species Drosophila melanogaster, the great workhorse of genetics. Michael Rose and his colleagues have been able to double the lifespan of these insects, and improved their health in numerous respects as well. The study of these flies with postponed aging is one of the best means we have of understanding, and ultimately achieving, the postponement of aging in humans. As such, the carefully presented detail of this book will be of value to research devoted to the understanding and control of aging.
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four replicate populations, postponed reproduction, rearing vials, fecundity assay, starvation resistance, postponed aging, desiccation selection, uncrossed populations, preadult viability, larval food levels, larval rearing density, lean dry body mass, five replicate populations, low yeast levels, pupation height, postponed senescence, evolved stress resistance, excretory water loss, increased desiccation resistance, early fecundity, stress resistance increases, superoxide dismutase alleles, greater desiccation resistance, lean dry mass, fitness assay Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
University of California, New York, Oxford University Press, South Amherst, Maynard Smith, Physiol Zool, Evol Biol, Insect Physiol, Generation Fig, Academic Press, American Naturalist, Department of Biology, Metabolic Trade-Off, San Diego, Physiological Zoology, Culver City, Exper Gerontol, Stock Summary, Cambridge University Press, Corresponding Editor, Dalhousie University, University of Chicago Press, Gene Res, National Institute, The University of Chicago New!
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four replicate populations, postponed reproduction, rearing vials, fecundity assay, starvation resistance, postponed aging, desiccation selection, uncrossed populations, preadult viability, larval food levels, larval rearing density, lean dry body mass, five replicate populations, low yeast levels, pupation height, postponed senescence, evolved stress resistance, excretory water loss, increased desiccation resistance, early fecundity, stress resistance increases, superoxide dismutase alleles, greater desiccation resistance, lean dry mass, fitness assay Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
University of California, New York, Oxford University Press, South Amherst, Maynard Smith, Physiol Zool, Evol Biol, Insect Physiol, Generation Fig, Academic Press, American Naturalist, Department of Biology, Metabolic Trade-Off, San Diego, Physiological Zoology, Culver City, Exper Gerontol, Stock Summary, Cambridge University Press, Corresponding Editor, Dalhousie University, University of Chicago Press, Gene Res, National Institute, The University of Chicago New!
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- Evolutionary Biology of Aging by Michael R. Rose on 8 pages
- Evolution in Age-Structured Populations (Cambridge Studies in Mathematical Biology) by Brian Charlesworth on 5 pages
- Genetic Effects on Aging (Telford Press) II by David E. Harrison on page 76, page 196, and page 368
- Longevity, Senescence, and the Genome (The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Series on Mental Health and De) by Caleb E. Finch in Front Matter, page 49, and page 76
- Evolutionary Genetics and Environmental Stress by Ary A. Hoffmann on page 56, page 88, and page 112
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