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Drosophila as a Model Organism for Ageing Studies
Lints, Frederic Arthur; Soliman, M. Hani
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Description for Drosophila as a Model Organism for Ageing Studies
Paperback. Num Pages: 319 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: MFKH3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 492.
Many books on ageing attempt to cover the whole field of gerontology. However, since gerontology is now such a diversified and rapidly expanding subject, the results of such attempts tend to be either incomprehensible compendia or encyc10pedias of disheartening size. The present book aims to be both more modest and more ambitious. It focuses on a single object (Drosophila), but attempts to off er a synthesis of all the gerontological work that has been done on it. It also aims to show the extent to which this work has led to an understanding of the biological phenomena of ageing, longevity, ... Read more
Many books on ageing attempt to cover the whole field of gerontology. However, since gerontology is now such a diversified and rapidly expanding subject, the results of such attempts tend to be either incomprehensible compendia or encyc10pedias of disheartening size. The present book aims to be both more modest and more ambitious. It focuses on a single object (Drosophila), but attempts to off er a synthesis of all the gerontological work that has been done on it. It also aims to show the extent to which this work has led to an understanding of the biological phenomena of ageing, longevity, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
319
Condition
New
Number of Pages
307
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781489926852
SKU
V9781489926852
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