Between Zeus and the salmon the biodemography of longevity
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, D.C. :
National Academy Press
1997.
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| Colección: | National Academies ebooks.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b44913126*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- 1. Between Zeus and the Salmon : Introduction / Kenneth W. Wachter
- The Empirical Demography of Survival
- 2. Trajectories of Mortality at Advanced Ages / James W. Vaupel
- 3. In Search of Limits / John R. Wilmoth
- Evolutionary Theory and Senescence
- 4. The Evolution of Senescence / Shripad Tuljapurkar
- 5. Evolutionary Biology and Age-Related Mortality / Linda Partridge
- 6. Toward an Evolutionary Demography / Michael R. Rose
- 7. Identification and Mapping of Genes Determining Longevity / Thomas E. Johnson, David R. Shook
- The Elderly in Nature
- 8. Population Biology of the Elderly / James R. Carey, Catherine Gruenfelder
- 9. Postreproductive Survival / Steven N. Austad
- 10. The Evolution of the Human Life Course / Hillard Kaplan
- 11. Intergenerational Relations and the Elderly / Ronald D. Lee
- Data for the Future
- 12. The Potential of Population Surveys for Genetic Studies / Robert B. Wallace
- Conclusion
- 13. Comparative Perspectives on Plasticity in Human Aging and Life Spans / Caleb E. Finch.
