Screen LibraryThe evolution of senescence in the tree of life /
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| Group Author: | ; ; |
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| Published: |
Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, United Kingdom : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xiv, 428 pages : illustrations, forms ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781107078505 (hardback) : 1107078504 (hardback) 9781107435582 1107435587 |
| Index Number: | QP85 |
| CLC: |
Q945.48 Q419 |
| Call Number: | Q419/E939 |
| Contents: | Introduction : wilting leaves and rotting branches--reconciling evolutionary perspectives on senescence / Richard P. Shefferson, Owen R. Jones and Roberto Salguero-Gómez -- Part I. Theory of senescence. The disposable soma theory : origins and evolution / Thomas B.L. Kirkwood -- A Hamiltonian demography of life history / Michael R. Rose, Lee F. Greer, Kevin H. Phung, Grant A. Rutledge, Mark A. Phillips, Christian N.K. Anderson and Laurence D. Mueller -- Senescence, selection gradients and mortality / Hal Caswell and Esther Shyu -- Taxonomic diversity, complexity and the evolution of senesc |