Aging is a group-selected adaptation :
Mitteldorf, Josh,
Aging is a group-selected adaptation : theory, evidence, and medical implications / Josh Mitteldorf. - xxiv, 219 pages : illustrations
"A Science Publishers book."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Hormesis -- The diverse demography of aging -- Aging is not caused by accumulated damage -- Three prevailing theories and their failings -- Aging is very old -- Evolving population control -- How might aging have evolved as an adaptation? -- Reforming evolutionary theory -- A new paradigm for medical research.
9781498715287 (hardback : alk. paper)
2016029598
Aging--genetics
Adaptation, Physiological
Biological Evolution
Population Dynamics
WT 104 / M685a 2017
Aging is a group-selected adaptation : theory, evidence, and medical implications / Josh Mitteldorf. - xxiv, 219 pages : illustrations
"A Science Publishers book."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Hormesis -- The diverse demography of aging -- Aging is not caused by accumulated damage -- Three prevailing theories and their failings -- Aging is very old -- Evolving population control -- How might aging have evolved as an adaptation? -- Reforming evolutionary theory -- A new paradigm for medical research.
9781498715287 (hardback : alk. paper)
2016029598
Aging--genetics
Adaptation, Physiological
Biological Evolution
Population Dynamics
WT 104 / M685a 2017