McDonald, Roger B. creator text bibliography flu Boca Raton CRC Press/Taylor & Francis c2019 2019 2nd ed. monographic eng

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xxii, 432 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) Biology of Aging presents the biological principles that have led to a new understanding of the causes of aging and describes how these basic principles help one to understand the human experience of biological aging, longevity, and age-related disease. Intended for undergraduate biology students, it describes how the rate of biological aging is measured; explores the mechanism underlying cellular aging; discusses the genetic pathways that affect longevity in various organisms; outlines the normal age-related changes and the functional decline that occurs in physiological systems over the lifespan; and considers the implications of modulating the rate of aging and longevity. The book also includes end-of-chapter discussion questions to help students assess their knowledge of the material. Basic concepts in the biology of aging -- Measuring biological aging -- Evolutionary theories of longevity and aging -- Cellular aging -- Genetics of longevity -- Plant senescence -- Human longevity and life span -- Common functional loss associated with aging -- Common time-dependent disease in humans -- Modulating human aging and longevity -- The implications of an extended healthspan -- Appendix: US life table calculations. Roger B. McDonald. Includes bibliographical references and index. Aging Physiology Cellular senescence Physiology Longevity Physiology WT104 .M336 2019 9780815345671 0815345674 210326 on1056201427